Arts·Q with Tom Power

Don McKay on receiving the Griffin Poetry Prize's Lifetime Recognition Award

In celebration of the honour, the Newfoundland-based writer reads two poems that are particularly meaningful to him and chats with Q's Tom Power about the themes that run through his work.

The Canadian poet speaks with Q's Tom Power about the themes that run through his work

Portrait of a man, the poet Don McKay, standing outside.
Don McKay is a Canadian poet, editor and educator. (Marlene Creates)

The Newfoundland-based writer Don McKay has been publishing poems about the natural world since the '80s. This year, he was honoured with the Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Poetry Prize. In celebration of the honour, McKay reads two poems that are particularly meaningful to him and chats with Q's Tom Power about the themes that run through his work.

The full interview with Don McKay is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Don McKay produced by Lise Hosein.