Potvin, Liza
POTVIN, Liza
PERSONAL:
Born in France. Education: Attended University of Calgary and Queen's University; McMaster University, Ph.D., 1991.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Department of English, Malaspina College, Nanaimo, 900 Fifth St., Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5S5, Canada. E-mail—potvin@mala.bc.ca.
CAREER:
Educator and author. Malaspina College, Nanaimao, British Columbia, Canada, instructor, then professor in English.
WRITINGS:
White Lies for My Mother, NeWest Press (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), 1992.
The Traveller's Hat, Raincoast Books (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2003.
SIDELIGHTS:
Canadian educator and author Liza Potvin has published two books: White Lies for My Mother, a memoir about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, and The Traveller's Hat, a collection of short stories. According to Lisa Schmidt in Quill & Quire, Potvin's White Lies for My Mother "transforms her pain into strength and her anguish into hope." Speaking of The Traveller's Hat, Janet Forest in the Link stated that "Potvin's writing brings the reader into her world by brilliantly capturing the personality and texture of each character and setting."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Canadian Literature, fall, 1993, Marilyn Iwama, review of White Lies for My Mother, pp. 124-126.
Link, June 10, 2003, Janet Forest, review of The Traveller's Hat.
Quill & Quire, September, 1992, Lisa Schmidt, review of White Lies for My Mother, p. 64.*