Leslie C Sanders Editor

Dionne Brand is internationally known for her poetry, fiction, and essays. She has received many awards, notably the Governor Generalâs Award for Poetry, the Trillium Award ( Land to Light On ), 1997), the Pat Lowther Award ( thirsty , 2005), the City of Toronto Book Award ( What We All Long For , 2006), and the Harbourfront Festival Award (2006), given in recognition of her substantial contribution to literature. She is a professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. Leslie C. Sanders is a professor at York University, where she teaches African American and Black Canadian literature. She is the author of The Development of Black Theatre in America , the editor of two volumes of Langston Hughesâs performance works, and a general editor of the Collected Works of Langston Hughes . She has written essays on African American and Black Canadian literature.