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His father was a Canadian-born Chinese - Scots - Irishman raised in China and his mother a Swedish-born Canadian .

He studied literature and music at the University Of British Columbia . While there, he was a founding editor and contributor to '' TISH ''. He later did graduate work at the University Of New Mexico in Albuquerque and University At Buffalo, The State University Of New York . He has taught at Selkirk College , David Thompson University Centre , and the University Of Calgary . Well known for his work on literary journals and small-press, Wah has been a contributing editor to ''Open Letter'' since its beginning, involved in the editing of ''West Coast Line'', and with Frank Davey edited the world's first online literary magazine, ''SwiftCurrent'' as well as several other projects.

Fred retired after 40 years of teaching and lives in Vancouver , British Columbia with his wife Pauline Butling . He remains active writing and performing public readings of his poetry.


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  • ''Lardeau'' - 1965

  • ''Mountain'' - 1967

  • ''Among'' - 1972

  • ''Tree'' - 1972

  • ''Earth'' - 1974

  • ''Pictograms from the Interior of B.C.'' - 1975

  • ''Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek: Selected Poetry'' - 1980

  • ''Owners Manual'' - 1981

  • ''Breathin' My Name With a Sigh'' - 1981

  • ''Grasp The Sparrow's Tail'' - 1982

  • ''Waiting for Saskatchewan'' - 1985

  • ''The Swift Current Anthology'' - 1986 (edited with Frank Davey )

  • ''Rooftops'' - 1987

  • ''Music at the Heart of Thinking'' - 1987

  • ''Limestone Lakes Utaniki'' - 1989

  • ''So Far'' - 1991

  • ''Alley Alley Home Free'' - 1992

  • ''Diamond Grill'' - 1996



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