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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Born in Saskatchewan, Lori Cayer has made Manitoba her home since the third grade. She is the author of three volumes of poetry: Dopamine Blunder (Tightrope Books, 2016), Attenuations of Force (Frontenac House, 2010), Stealing Mercury (The Muses’ Company, 2004), which won the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book in Manitoba in 2004. In 2005 Lori won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. She served many years as poetry editor for Contemporary Verse 2 and currently sits as secretary on the National Council of the League of Canadian Poets. 160412 - Tuesday, April 12, 2016 NPMintheWFP