Producing Canadian Literature

10 A Book of Poetry in the Mix: Interview with George Elliott Clarke Smaro Kamboureli and Kit Dobson Born in African Nova Scotia (Africadia) in 1960, George Elliott Clarke is a poet, novelist, librettist, Officer of the Order of Canada, and recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia. As a scholar, he helped to initiate the study of African-Canadian literature, publishing Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature (2002). His honours include the Governor-General's Award for Poetry (2001) and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellows Prize (2005). He has taught at Duke University, McGill University, and the University of British Columbia. His newest books are Red (2011) and Directions Home: Approaches to African-Canadian Literature (2012).