SOUSTER, Raymond

SOUSTER, Raymond. Also writes as John Holmes, Raymond Holmes. Canadian, b. 1921. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, ON, staff member, from 1939, now retired. Publications: When We Are Young, 1946; Go to Sleep World, 1947; (as Raymond Holmes) The Winter of Time, 1949; Selected Poems, 1956; A Local Pride, 1962; Place of Meeting, 1962; The Colour of the Times, 1964; Ten Elephants on Yonge Street, 1965; As Is, 1967; Lost and Found, 1968; So Far So Good, 1969; The Years, 1971; Selected Poems, 1972; (as John Holmes) On Target, 1972; Change Up, 1974; Double Header, 1975; Rain Check, 1975; Extra Innings, 1977; Hanging In: New Poems, 1979; Collected Poems, 8 vols., 1940-93; Going the Distance: New Poems 1979-82, 1983; (with B. Brooks) Queen City, Toronto in Poems and Pictures, 1984; Jubilee of Death: The Raid on Dieppe, 1984; It Takes All Kinds: New Poems, 1986; The Eyes of Love, 1987; Asking for More, 1988; Running Out the Clock, 1991; Riding the Long Black Horse, 1993; Old Bank Notes, 1993; No Sad Songs Wanted Here, 1995; Close to Home, 1996; An Acadian Easter: The Collected Poems of Francis Sherman (Initiated by Raymond Souster), 1999; Of Time & Toronto, 2000; Take Me out to the Ballgame (poetry), 2002; 21 Poems, 2003; Making the Damn Thing Work: The First Four Years of the League of Canadian Poets, 1968-1972. EDITOR: New Wave Canada, 1966; (with R. Woollatt) Generation Now, 1970; (with D. Lochhead) Made in Canada, 1970; (with D. Lochhead) 100 Poems of 19th Century Canada, 1974; (with R. Wollatt) Sights and Sounds, 1974; (with R. Woollatt) These Loved, These Hated Lands, 1974; Vapour and Blue: The Poetry of W.W. Campbell, 1978; Comfort of the Fields: The Best Known Poems of Archibald Lampman, 1979; (with D. Lockhead) Powassan's Drum: Selected Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott, 1983; (with D. Lochhead) Wind- flower: The Selected Poems of Bliss Carman, 1986. Address: 39 Baby Point Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada M6S 2G2. Online address: [email protected]