Evelyn Lau was Poet Laureate of Vancouver from 2011 to 2014. She has published works of fiction and non-fiction, and six volumes of poetry. Her most recent collection, A Grain of Rice (Oolichan, 2012), was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Award and the Pat Lowther Award.
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Evelyn Lau
Don't Look Down
"Now you are looking up from the bottom of the lake. You are walking past the townhouses in April under the budding trees, and drowning." more
Fiercely Awake
Four poems by Vancouver Poet Laureate Evelyn Lau on aging, aching and orthotics. more
Guanacaste Journal
The Central American vaction was all-inclusive, but she brought her own guilt, just in case. more
24 Sussex
Picture Harper lounging among pastel cushions, his stiff grey hair tight as a helmet on his head. more
Into the Fire
Again we found ourselves at the shoreline,among shards of shell and plastic,scrim of seaweed trapping my feet like a net. more
Reunion
He looked vaguely familiar— there was a sort of outline around his features that I almost recognized, a translucent and shifting visage, as of someone I once knew.He looked vaguely familiar— there was a sort of outline around his features that I almost recognized, a translucent and shifting visage, as of someone I once knew. more
Yaletown Suite
She would see him sometimes around Yaletown, her former counsellor, heading glassy-eyed toward a bar or creeping up the back steps of the massage parlour. more
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