Desire and dieffenbachias: new poems from the award-winning author of Otter.
Ben Ladouceur is the author of nine chapbooks and the trade collection Otter (Coach House Books), which was named a best book of 2015 by the National Post, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, and awarded the 2016 Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize. He has published poetry in many North American publications, including Poetry (Chicago), The Awl, and The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, and short fiction in publications like Maisonneuve, The Malahat Review and Prairie Fire. In 2018, he received the Dayne Ogilvie Prize.
