Linda Besner

Linda Besner

Linda Besner’s (b. 1980) second poetry collection, Feel Happier in Nine Seconds, was published in 2017 by Coach House Books and shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Award. Her first book, The Id Kid, was named as one of the National Post’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. Her poetry and journalism have appeared in numerous magazines including The New York Times, The Boston Review, The Walrus, and Real Life, and been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2012. In 2015 she was selected as one of the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s best emerging artists. She lives in Montreal, where she is on the editorial board of Icehouse Press.