Laura Ritland

Poet, scholar, critic, and educator.

Poetry

Books 

East and West. Véhicule Press, 2018.  

Chapbooks 

Marine Science. Anstruther Press, 2016. 

Two Portraits (with Ruth Daniell). JackPine Press, 2016.  

Individual Poems (Selected) 

“The End of the Novel.” Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, no. 28, Spring 2022.  

“Reliable Narrator.” Maisonneuve, no. 81, Fall 2021. 

“Fortress of Care.” The Walrus, November 2017. 

“To Marianne Moore’s Hat,” “Garden Leave,” “Locomotive,” and “Like.” The Fiddlehead, Fall 2017. 

“Lines for the Third Part” and “Duplex.” Canthius, no. 3, February 2017. 

“Goose Territory” and “October Moon.” Canadian Notes and Queries, no. 97, Fall 2016. 

“Interview with the Body.” Arc Poetry Magazine, Spring 2016. 

“Norway.” Maisonneuve, no. 56, Spring 2015. 

“Hunting Sharks” and “Vestigial.” The Hart House Review, Spring 2015.  

“City Life: Summer Parties.” Popshot Magazine, Spring 2015. 

“Vincent in the Dream of Zundert.” The Malahat Review, no. 189, Winter 2014. 

“Sonnet for Winding Late Clocks.” Contemporary Verse 2, no. 37, vol.1, Summer 2014. 

“City Life: Crosswalk.” QWERTY, December 2013. 

“City Life: Summer Parties” and “City Life: Citizen.” The Maynard, September 2013. 

Anthologized Poems 

“Vincent in the Dream of Zundert.” In Fine Form: A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry, edited by Kate Braid and Sandy Shreve. Caitlin Press, 2016. 

Awards, Recognitions, and Residencies

Literary Residency, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Summer 2024

Pat Lowther Memorial Award in Poetry, finalist, 2019, for East and West 

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in Poetry, nominee, 2019, for East and West

Starred review in Quill and Quire, 2018, for East and West

The Malahat Review Far Horizons Award in Poetry, 2014 

Avie Bennett Scholarship for Emerging Writers, University of Toronto, 2013  

George McWhirter Prize in Poetry, University of British Columbia, 2010  

Selected Interviews

Irrefutably Alive: Claire Majors in Conversation with Laura Ritland.” The Malahat Review, Spring 2022.