About Wayde Compton
Born 1972. Wayde Compton is a Canadian poet.
Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co-founded Commodore Books with David Chariandy and Karina Vernon in 2006, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada. He also co-founded the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project in 2002, a grassroots organization that promotes the history of Vancouver's black community. Compton teaches in the faculty of writing at the University of Victoria.
In 1996, he penned the semi-autobiographical poem "Declaration of the Halfrican Nation".
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Canadian poet
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Wayde Compton was born in 1972 in Vancouver.
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