DEREK WEBSTER’s second collection of poems National Animal (Vehicule) appeared in Spring 2024. His first, Mockingbird (2015), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best poetry debut in Canada. He received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied with Carl Phillips, and is the founding editor of Maisonneuve Magazine. Recent work appears in Bad Lilies (UK), Stand (UK), The Honest Ulsterman (Ireland), Maisonneuve, The Walrus, Grain, The Dalhousie Review and The Brooklyn Review. He lives in Montreal and Toronto.
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