Michael Crummey
Part of The Writing Life series

Michael Glassbourg
TickleScratch Productions
24 minutes • 2004
Also available on DVD

"Michael Crummey is a tremendously gifted writer." – Alistair MacLeod

Born in Buchans, a mining town in the interior of Newfoundland, Michael Crummey grew up there and in Labrador. He is the author of three books of poetry and a collection of short stories, Flesh and Blood. He is a winner of the Bronwen Wallace Award and was nominated for the 1998 Journey Prize. In 2001, his novel River Thieves was nominated for the prestigious Giller Prize.

Subject(s): Artists–Michael Crummey, Literature, Newfoundland, Poetry/Performance