Poet & Philosopher
Canadian poet, philosopher, and Professor Emeritus at Laurentian University. First Poet Laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury. Author of more than twenty books of poetry and philosophy.
Roger Nash is a Canadian philosopher and poet, born in England. He holds a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965), an M.A. from McMaster University (1966), and a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter (1974).
He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, where he served as chair of the Department of Philosophy and director of the interdisciplinary humanities masters programme. He was a founding member of the graduate diploma in science communication offered jointly by Laurentian University and Science North.
From 1998 to 2000, Nash served as president of the League of Canadian Poets. During his tenure, he worked with Senator Jerry Grafstein to help create the position of Canadian Poet Laureate. In 2010, he was appointed the first Poet Laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury by Mayor and Council.
For over five decades, Nash was cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Sudbury, where he lived from 1970 through 2024. He now lives in Burnaby, British Columbia, and remains active in community organizing, writing, and promoting the arts.
A selection of books, articles, short stories, poems, and translations, organised by category.
Wet Ink Publishing, Ontario. 96 pp.
Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario. 87 pp.
Pebble Ridge Press, Sudbury–Ottawa, Ontario. 93 pp.
Aeolus House, imprint of Quattro Books Inc., Toronto. 97 pp.
Latitude 46, Sudbury, Ontario. 75 pp.
Black Moss Press (Palm Poet Series), Windsor, Ontario. 82 pp.
Your Schrivner Press.
Your Schrivner Press.
Buschekbooks.
Your Scrivener Press.
2nd, expanded edition. Edgeways Books, Harleston, UK.
Bayeux Arts, Calgary, AB. 86 pp.
League of Canadian Poets and Catchfire Press, North Bay. 48 pp.
Your Scrivener Press, Sudbury. 120 pp.
Insomniac Press, Toronto. 125 pp. (with C. Davidson, S. Dunn, B. Lever, J. Reaney, and R. Sward)
Your Scrivener Press, Sudbury, ON.
Brynmill Press, Norfolk, EN. 60 pp.
Athabasca University Press.
Athabasca University Press.
Fiddlehead Poetry Books — Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton. 83 pp.
Quarry Press, Kingston. 73 pp.
Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton. 55 pp.
Canadian Chemical News, pp. 10–11, March 2004.
In Melchior Mbonimpa et al. (eds), Mysticism: Select Essays. Editions Glopro, Sudbury, 2002, pp. 70–88.
In Susan McMaster (ed.), Waging Peace: Poetry and Political Action. Penumbra Press, Ottawa, 2002, pp. 129–131.
Journal of Agricultural Ethics (now Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Ethics), Vol. 3, No. 2, 1990, pp. 102–113.
Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1987, pp. 299–316.
Teacher Education, No. 27, 1985, pp. 15–33.
The Gadfly: A Quarterly Review Of English Letters, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1983, pp. 9–20.
The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 15, July 1981, pp. 107–111.
Co-authored with B. C. Nash. Journal of the Canadian Association for Young Children, Vol. 4:1, 1977, pp. 37–42. Reprinted in Principals' And Administrators' Guide to Kindergarten, O.I.S.E. Press, 1979.
Anthologized in The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2009. Anchor Books – Random House, 2009, pp. 160–169. (PEN/O.Henry Short Story Prize Finalist)
Originally published in Grain Vol. 35, No. 2, Autumn 2007, pp. 24–31.
The Nashwaak Review, Vol. 20/21, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2008, pp. 88–96.
Reprinted in L. Steven (ed.), Bluffs: Northeastern Stories from the Edge. Your Scrivener Press, 2006, pp. 102–113. Originally published in Cross-Canada Writers' Magazine, Vol. 111, No. 2, 1989.
Wascana Review, Vol. 20, Nos. 1–2, Spring/Fall 2005, pp. 33–40.
Dalhousie Review, Vol. 72, No. 3, 1992, pp. 362–367.
Wascana Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1990, pp. 32–36.
Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 94, No. 2, 1987, pp. 303–308.
Queen's Quarterly, 132:1, Spring 2025, p. 22.
The Dalhousie Review, 104:2, Summer 2024, p. 209.
Anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2020, ed. Marilyn Dumont. Biblioasis 2020, p. 94. Originally published in Prairie Fire 40:3, Fall 2019, p. 56.
In Madhur Anand & Adam Dickinson (eds), Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry. Your Scrivener Press, 2009, pp. 117–119.
Arc, No. 37, 1996, p. 37. Winner, Confederation Poets Award, Arc Magazine, 1997.
Prism International, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1986, pp. 7–8. (Prism International Poetry Contest First Prize, 1985/86)
The Fiddlehead, No. 179, 1994, pp. 13–14. (Fiddlehead Writing Contest First Prize, Poetry, 1993–94)
Quarry, 31:4, 1982, pp. 37–38.
Translated from the Anglo-Saxon (Exeter Book). Waking Ordeals, 1997, p. 71.
Translated from the Anglo-Saxon. The Poetry of Prayer. Brynmill Press, Norfolk, 1994, p. 55.
Translated from the Anglo-Saxon (Exeter Book). The Antigonish Review, No. 79, 1989, pp. 94–95.
Translated from the Anglo-Saxon. West Coast Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1987; Orbit, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1987; Antigonish Review, Nos. 69–70, 1987.
Canadian Book Review Annual. Simon and Pierre Publishing, Toronto, 1996, pp. 204–205.
Canadian Book Review Annual. Simon and Pierre Publishing, Toronto, 1993, p. 3232.
Canadian Book Review Annual. Simon and Pierre Publishing, Toronto, 1990, pp. 233–234.
Dialogue, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1973, p. 732.
Roger welcomes correspondence from readers, researchers, journalists, and anyone with an interest in poetry and philosophy. He aims to respond to all messages within a week.