Compton, Wayde

Person Preferred Name
Wayde Compton
Position
Faculty Member
Identifier (Other)
comptonw
MA (Simon Fraser University)

Wayde Compton is the author of four books: 49th Parallel Psalm (finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize); Performance Bond; After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region (finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award); and The Outer Harbour (winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award). He has also edited two anthologies: Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature and The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them (finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award). Compton was a co-founder of the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project, a grassroots organization that researched and advocated for the public recognition of Vancouver's historical Black community. He later co-founded its successor group, the Hogan's Alley Society. In 2006 Compton co-founded Commodore Books, Western Canada’s first Black Canadian literary press.

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