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September 2008 to May 2008. During the 2010/11 academic year, he was writer-in-residence at University of New Brunswick and in the fall 2015 term, at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Additionally he worked as a librarian and editor for five museums in Ottawa between 1986 and 2003. He has
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Visible But Not Seen: Queer
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573:We Are Not Avatars: Essays, Memoirs, Manifestos
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659:The Essential Douglas LePan
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281:2020: eLit Award for Poetry
207:The Essential Douglas LePan
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328:Notes Toward a Family Tree
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671:Best Canadian Poetry 2023
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249:Designs from the Interior
219:Best Canadian Poetry 2023
508:. Viola Leaflets. 2003.
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179:Saskatoon Public Library
164:Barton was co-editor of
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261:Archibald Lampman Award
245:Archibald Lampman Award
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458:Lost Family: A Memoir
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