The Process of Growth by Ashley Hynd
CBC Books | Posted: October 31, 2018 8:07 PM | Last Updated: November 1, 2018
2018 CBC Poetry Prize longlist
Ashley Hynd has made the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for The Process of Growth.
About Ashley
Ashley Hynd is a poet with mixed ancestry who lives on the Haldimand Tract and respects the Attawandron, Anishnawbe, and Haudenosaunee relationships with the land. Like many people with mixed heritage, the full knowledge of her history is unclear. Her writing grapples with the erasure of her history and is as much an act of reclamation as it is a call of accountability for what has been lost. She was shortlisted for Arc Poem of the Year in 2018 and won the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize in 2017. Her poetry has appeared in Arc Poetry Magainze, Canthius, Room Magazine, Prism International and is forthcoming in SubTerrain.
Entry in five-ish words
Stories are larger than us.
First lines
Soil
they say identity is about who claims you
not just the blood in your veins — but being
lost and found is subsequential — if no one knows
you are missing
does anyone go look for you
they say identity is about who claims you
not just the blood in your veins — but being
lost and found is subsequential — if no one knows
you are missing
does anyone go look for you
About the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize
The winner of the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, will have their work published on CBC Books and will have the opportunity to attend a writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.