Ray Hsu

Ray Hsu
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Canadian
Notable works	Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon, Anthropy

Ray Hsu is a Canadian poet.

Biography

Hsu grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He received an Honours B.A. and an M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in English Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While completing his Ph.D., he taught for over two years at Oakhill Correctional Institution, where he founded the Prison Writing Workshop. He taught as Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.^[1] He now teaches at Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.^[2]

He has published over a hundred and fifty poems and essays in over fifty magazines internationally. His work has appeared in such anthologies as Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets^[3] and The Echoing Years: An Anthology of Poetry from Canada & Ireland. In 2007, Hsu and his work were the subject of an episode of the television documentary series Heart of a Poet^[4] produced by Canadian filmmaker Maureen Judge. In 2015, he was featured on the cover of Contemporary Verse 2, Canada's oldest poetry magazine, for its 40th anniversary issue.^[5]

In 2013, he was named one of Vancouver's "most promising entrepreneurs" by the Globe and Mail ^[6] for an online marketplace for writers called ROOM+BOARD, which has since closed. He continues to work at the intersection of art and technology, most recently in the field of virtual reality.

Books

• Anthropy (2004)^[7]
• Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon (2010)^[8]

Awards

• Gerald Lampert Award (2005)
• Trillium Book Award (Poetry), finalist (2005)
• Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Award (2007)
• E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry (2000, 2001)

References

1. The Creative Writing Program at UBC: Faculty and Staff - Directory Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite
2. UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice - Profiles
3. Harbour Publishing: Breathing Fire 2 Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite
4. Heart Of A Poet Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite
5. Contemporary Verse 2 - Out of Line: Celebrating 40 Years
6. Globe and Mail - Introducing Vancouver's most promising young entrepreneurs
7. Nightwood Editions Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite
8. Nightwood Editions Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite

External links

• UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice - Profiles
• UBC Creative Writing Program (Faculty and Staff)
• Heart of a Poet documentary series
• Contemporary Verse 2 - Out of Line: Celebrating 40 Years