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1933-1983 Maritime poet, journalist, and novelist. Alden Nowlan wrote twenty-four books, including Bread, Wine and Salt for which he was awarded the 1968 Governor General's Award for Poetry.

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Canadian Literary Archives: Alden Nowlan Description of the collection, held at the University of Calgary, and a biocritical essay. www.ucalgary.ca/library/SpecColl/nowlana.htm

Writer Alden Nowlan remembered in new biography Review of 'If I Could Turn and Meet Myself: The Life of Alden Nowlan', written by New Brunswick teacher and writer, Patrick Toner. www.infoculture.cbc.ca/../bookswr/bookswr_05232000_nowlan.phtml

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Text of the poem. www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/aupoem96.html

100 Canadian Poets: Alden Nowlan Biography, publications, and critical materials. www.ucalgary.ca/../faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/a_nowlan.htm

MenWeb: Alden Nowlan RealAudio files of a reading by Robert Bly and Thomas R. Smith from the anthology, 'What Happened When He Went to the Store for Bread: Poems by Alden Nowlan'. www.menweb.org/nowlan.htm

Canadian Writers: Alden Nowlan Brief biography, bibliography, and several essays. www.athabascau.ca/writers/nowlan/nowlan.html

The Alden Nowlan Interviews RealAudio tracks of Nowlan speaking on various topics. www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/QWERTY/Qweb/qwerte/nowlan