Barry McKinnon

Barry Benjamin McKinnon (born 1944) is a Canadian poet.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.

Bibliography

• The Golden Daybreak Hair. Toronto, ON: Aliquondo Press, 1967.
• The Carcasses of Spring. Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 1971.
• I Wanted to Say Something. Prince George, BC: Caledonia Writing Series, 1975.
• Death of a Lyric Poet. Prince George, BC: Caledonia Writing Series, 1975.
• Songs & Speeches. Prince George, BC: Caledonia Writing Series, 1976.
• Sex at Thirty One. Prince George, BC: Caledonia Writing Series, 1977.
• The the. (Fragments). Prince George, BC: Repository /Gorse Press, 1979.
• The The. Toronto, ON: Coach House Press, 1980. (Nominated for the 1981 Governor General's Award)
• Thoughts/Sketches. North Vancouver, BC: Tatlow/Gorse, 1985.
• I Wanted to Say Something. Red Deer, AB: Red Deer College Press, 1990.
• Pulplog. Prince George, BC: Caitlin Press, 1991.
• Four Realities: poets from northern BC. Prince George, BC: Caitlin Press, 1992.
• Arrythmia. Prince George, BC: Gorse Press, 1994.
• The Centre. Prince George, BC: Caitlin Press, 1995.

Awards

• bp Nichol Chap-Book Award, 2004. Bolivia/Peru
• bp Nichol Chap-Book Award, 1995. Arrythmia
• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, 1992. Pulplog
• Governor General's Literary Award, 1981 (finalist) The The