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Elegy for Opportunity 

In her debut collection,&nbsp;Natalie Lim&nbsp;asks: How do we go on living and loving in a time of overlapping crises? Anchored by elegies for NASA's Opportunity rover and a series of love poems, this collection explores the tension and beauty of a world marked by grief through meditations on Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Taylor Swift's cultural impact, the all-engulfing anxiety of the climate crisis and more. Confessional, funny and bursting with joy,&nbsp;

&nbsp;extends a lifeline from Earth that will leave you feeling comforted, challenged and a little less alone in the universe.

How Natalie Lim wrote the poem that won the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize

The winner of the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize discusses the creative process behind Arrhythmia.

Natalie Lim is a Vancouver-based poet and musician. 

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Natalie Lim from Vancouver wins the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize for Arrhythmia

Lim will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a writing residency at the Banff Centre. Read her poem, Arrhythmia, now.

Natalie Lim is a Chinese-Canadian poet based in Vancouver. Her work has been featured in&nbsp;Arc Poetry Magazine and Best Canadian Poetry 2020, among others.&nbsp;She is the author of the chapbook 

 and Room magazine's 2020 Emerging Writer Award.

Natalie Lim on her debut poetry collection "Elegy for Opportunity"

How do we go on living and loving in a time of overlapping crises? Vancouver writer and 2018 CBC Poetry Prize winner Natalie Lim explores that question in her debut collection "Elegy for Opportunity," as we continue our April poetry series.

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Natalie Lim on what winning the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize has meant for her career

Poet Natalie Lim speaks with On the Coast host Gloria Macarenko about winning the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize and her debut poetry collection Elegy for Opportunity.

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