Wayde Compton (born 1972) is aCanadian writer. He was born inVancouver,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 withDavid Chariandy and Karina Vernon in 2006, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada. He also co-founded theHogan's Alley Memorial Project in 2002, a grassroots organization that promotes the history of Vancouver's black community. Compton teaches in the faculty ofCreative Writing atDouglas College.

In 1996 he penned the semi-autobiographical poem "Declaration of theHalfrican Nation".^[1][2]

• Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature (2001)
• The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them (withRenee Sarojini Saklikar) (2015)

• The Outer Harbour: Stories (2014)

• The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration (illustrated byApril dela Noche Milne) (2019)

• After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region (2010)
• Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics (2024)

• 49th Parallel Psalm (1999)
• Performance Bond (2004)

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