WINNER of the Raven Chapbooks Award
SHORTLISTED for
the ReLit Awards
FINALIST for
The Victoria
Butler Book Prize
photo: John Threlfall
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Victoria Butler Book Prize Finalist
Relit Award Shortlist
CBC Spring Poetry Selection 2021
All Lit Up: National Poetry Month Selection 2021
Work from Cult Life:
Selected for Best Canadian Poetry in English
Second Place in The Fiddlehead's Poetry Contest
Second Place in Prism International's Poetry Prize
Longlisted for CBC Poetry Awards
Longlisted for The Montreal Prize
From Sylvia Legris: "I read Kyeren Regehr's Cult Life in one "speed-firing" swoop and after had that woozy-spinning-exhilarating disorientation you feel when you stumble out of a roller coaster. These poems, a pushme-pullyou chronicle of life inside an ashram...”
Winner of the Raven Chapbooks Award
“[This] work is ASTONISHING. I’ve never read anyone who could capture the reality of what it is to be a dancer in such a guttingly raw, visceral way—no glorification or pastel sugary fluff that typically accompanies attempts to reveal the daily workings of the ballet world. This can only come from an insider’s view, and someone who is not afraid to make the grotesque and deeply dark parts familiar. Disassembling A Dancer is delicious yet challenging reading. I hope this book reaches a wide audience. It’s WONDERFUL.”
From Jennifer Nichols (lead choreographer for the Netflix series,Tiny Pretty Things).