POETRY

Always Now: The Collected Poems. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 2003.

Concrete and Wild Carrot. London, ON: Brick Books, 2002.

Not Yet But Still. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1997.

A Kind of Perseverence. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1994.

Selected Poems. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991.

No Time. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1989.

Winter Sun/ The Dumbfounding: Poems, 1940-66. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982.

Sunblue. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1978.

The Dumbfounding. New York: Norton, 1966.

Winter Sun. London: Routledge, Kegan Paul, 1960.

Factoring. Thornhill, ON: Village Press, 196?.

Sliverick. Toronto: Ganglia Press, 196?.

OTHER WORKS

History of Ontario. Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1951.

Anderson, Mia. “‘Conversation with the Star Mesenger’: An Enquiry into Margaret Avison’s Winter Sun.” Studies in Canadian Literature 6 (1981): 105.

Baltensperger, Peter. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Books In Canada 19.3 (1990): 50.

Bolette, Claudette Jones. Directed by Bert Laale. “A Conversation with Margaret Avison.” Prod. Instructional Media Centre, hosted by John Margeson. Scarborough: Scarborough College, University of Toronto, 1971.

Bolger, Pat. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. Canadian Materials 20.2 (1992): 114-115.

Bowen, Deborah. “Phoenix From the Ashes: Lorna Crozier and Margaret Avison in Contemporary Mourning.” Canadian Poetry 40 (1997): 46-57.

Bowering, George. “Avison’s Imitation of Christ the Artist.” Canadian Literature 54 (1972): 52.

Bowering, George. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. Canadian Literature 134 (1992): 105-107.

Bowen, Deborah. “Phoenix from the Ashes: Lorna Crozier and Margaret Avison in Contemporary Mourning
[Quitting Smoking by Lorna Crozier & Having Stopped Smoking by Margaret Avison].” Canadian Poetry 40 (1997): 46-57.

Butling, Pauline. Rev. of Not Yet But Still, by Margaret Avison. Canadian Literature 166 (2000): 165-168.

Butt, William. “Word and Action in Margaret Avison’s Not Yet But Still.” University of Toronto Quarterly
70.4 (2001): 839-856.

Calverley, Margaret. “The Avison Collection at the University of Manitoba: Poems, 1929-89.” Canadian
Poetry 28 (1991): 54-84.

Calverley, Margaret. “A Reconsideration of Margaret Avison’s ‘Dispersed Titles’.” Essays on
Canadian Writing 47 (1992): 163-180.

Calverley, Margaret. “‘Service is Joy’: Margaret Avison’s Sonnet Sequence in Winter Sun.” Essays on
Canadian Writing 50 (1993): 210-230.

Doerksen, Daniel W. “Search and Discovery: Margaret Avison’s Poetry.” Poets and Critics: Essays from Canadian Literature 1966-1974. Ed. George Woodcock. Toronto: Oxford, 1974. 132.

Johnston, Graham. “‘Out of the Painted Grove, My Buck’: The Escape from Irony in Avison and Page.” Journal of Canadian Studies 38.1 (2004): 97-107.

Jones, DG. “Identity and Difference: Comparative Notes on the Poetry of Margaret Avison and Rina Lasnier.”
Ellipse 49 (1993): 104-115.

Jones, Lawrence M. “A Core of Brilliance: Margaret Avison’s Achievement.” Canadian Literature 38 (1968): 50-57.

Kent, David, ed. Lighting Up the Terrain: The Poetry of Margaret Avison. Toronto: ECW Press, 1987.

Kent, David. “Lighting Up The Terrain: The Poetry Of Margaret Avison.” Canadian Poetry 24 (1989): 91-96.

Kent, David. “Margaret Avison.” ECW's Biographical Guide to Canadian Poets. Eds. Robert Lecker, Jack David and Ellen Quigley. Toronto: ECW, 1993.

Kent, David. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Essays on Canadian Writing 44 (1991): 67-78.

Kertzer, J.M. “Margaret Avison.” Profiles in Canadian Literature. Ed. Jeffrey M. Heath. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1980. II, 37.

Kertzer, J.M. “Margaret Avison and the Place of Meaning.” Lighting Up the Terrain: The Poetry of Margaret Avison. Ed. David Kent. Toronto: ECW Press, 1987. 7-26.

Kertzer, J.M. “Margaret Avison: Power, Knowledge and the Language of Poetry.” Canadian Poetry 4
(1979).

Kertzer, J.M. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Canadian Literature 129 (1991): 195-196.

Mallinson, Jean. “A Cartography of the Spirit: the Poems of Margaret Avison.” Poetry Canada Review 12.1
(1991): 12-14.

Mansbridge, Francis. “Margaret Avison: An Annotated Bibliography.” The Annotated Bibliography of
Canada’s Major Authors. Robert Lecker and Jack David, Eds. Toronto: ECW Press, 1985. 448.

Mazoff, Chaim D. “Through the Son: An Explication of Margaret Avison’s ‘Person’.” Canadian Poetry 22
(1988): 40-48.

Mazoff, Chaim D. Waiting For The Son: Images Of Release And Restoration In Margaret Avison’s
Poetry. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 1989.

Mazoff, Chaim D. “Waiting For The Sun: Poetics/Theology/Rhetoric In Margaret Avison’s Sunblue.” Essays
on Canadian Writing 44 (1991): 67-78.

Neuman, Shirley. “After Modernism: English-Canadian Poetry since 1960.” Studies on Canadian Literature. Ed. Arnold E. Davidson. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1990. 54-73.

New, W.H. “The Mind’s Eyes (I’s) (Ice): The Poetry of Margaret Avison.” Articulating the West: Essays on Purpose and Form in Modern Canadian Literature. Ed. W.H. New. Toronto: New Press, 1972. 234-258.

Nichol, bp, ed. The Cosmic Chef Glee & Perloo Memorial Society Under the Direction of Captain Poetry Presents an Evening of Concrete. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1970.

Nowlan, Michael O. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Atlantic Advocate 81.11 (1991): 48.

Orange, John. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Journal of Canadian Poetry 7 (1992): 13-19.

Quinsey, KM. “The Dissolving Jail-break in Avison.” Canadian Poetry 25 (1989): 21-37.

Redekop, Ernest. Margaret Avison. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1970.

Redekop, Ernest H. “sun/Son light/Light: Avison's Elemental Sunblue.” Canadian Poetry 7 (1980).

Taylor, Bruce. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. Matrix 38 (1992): 71-73.

Teleky, Richard. “The Poet as Translator: Margaret Avison’s ‘Hungarian Snap.’” Canadian Literature 135
(1992): 112-122.

Tregebov, Rhea. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. University of Toronto Quarterly
62.1 (1992): 77-78.

Vanderlip, Brian. Rev. of No Time, by Margaret Avison. Poetry Canada Review 11.3 (1990): 25.

Whiteman, Bruce. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. Books In Canada 21.1 (1992): 48-49.

Wood, Brent. “Technique and Awareness in Margaret Avison’s Poetry: Diction, Sound, Impressionism, Syntax.” Canadian Poetry 54 (2004): 56-75.

Zichy, Francis. “‘Each in His Prison/Thinking of the Key’: Images of Confinement and Liberation in Margaret Avison.” Studies in Canadian Literature 3 (1978): 232-43.

Zonailo, Carolyn. Rev. of Selected Poems, by Margaret Avison. Poetry Canada Review 13.1 (1992): 26-27.

Zezulka , J.M. “Refusing the Sweet Surrender: Margaret Avison’s Dispersed Titles.” Canadian Poetry 1 (1977).

DISSERTATIONS

Wood, Brent Donald. “Approaching Spirit: Myth, Metaphor and Technique in the Poetry of Avison, Nichol and MacEwen.” Dissertation. University of Toronto, 2003.

1960: Governor General's Award, Winter Sun

1985: Avison is made an Officer of the Order of Canada

1990: Governor General's Award, No Time

2003: Griffin Poetry Prize, Concrete and Wild Carrot

Margaret Avison has recently published her sixth collection of poetry, Concrete and Wild Carrot. Born in Galt, Ontario in 1918, Avison spent her childhood in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and returned to Ontario for her highschool and university years. She attended the University of Toronto for her undergraduate and graduate degrees, and later returned to lecture at the University. Two of her poetry collections, Winter Sun and No Time, have won the Governor General's Award. Avison is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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