180:. After 28 years leading workshops in several genres (poetry, non-fiction prose, fiction), teaching many fields of literature (including environmental writing) as well as overseeing the Saint Mary's Reading Series, Bartlett retired from teaching in 2018. A long-time dedicated reader of Thoreau, he has given presentations at Thoreau conferences in Concord, Massachusetts; Gothenburg, Sweden; and Reykholt, Iceland. His writing of poetry and prose, and his editing, continue. His wife, Karen Dahl (b. 1963), was a Senior Manager for the Halifax Regional Library system; their children are Josh (b. 1997) and Laura (b. 2000).
150:, and lived in Fredericton from 1957 to 1975. While a high-school student and an undergraduate he attended the informal writers workshop the Ice House (a.k.a. McCord Hall or Tuesday Night); there and elsewhere he benefited from the generosity and friendship of writers such as Nancy and William Bauer, Robert Gibbs, Alden Nowlan, A.G. Bailey, Kent Thompson, Fred Cogswell, David Adams Richards, and Michael Pacey. After completing his B.A. at the
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