Jim Johnstone (poet)
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Jim Johnstone (born 1978) is a Canadian reproductive physiologist and poet. He was born in Stouffville, Ontario[1] and is the author of four collections of poetry.
Johnstone's work has received numerous awards including Arc Poetry Magazine's Readers' Choice Award,[2] a CBC Literary Award,[3] the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, Matrix Magazine's Lit-Pop Award,[4] the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize,[5] and he won This Magazine's Great Canadian Literary Hunt.[6]
Johnstone is the former editor of Misunderstandings Magazine, a literary journal he founded with Ian Williams and Vicki Sloot in 2005, and the former poetry editor for Cactus Press.
Publications
[edit]Poetry
[edit]- The Velocity Of Escape. Guernica Editions, 2008.
- Patternicity. Nightwood Editions, 2010.
- Sunday, the locusts. Tightrope Books, 2011.
- Dog Ear. Véhicule Press, 2014.
As editor
[edit]- The Essential Earle Birney. Porcupine's Quill, 2014.
- The Essential D. G. Jones. Porcupine's Quill, 2016.
About
[edit]- Proofs & Equational Love: The Poetry of Jim Johnstone. Frog Hollow Press, 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "Stouffville Native wins CBC Literary Award". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ "Canadian Gothic : Arc Poetry". Arcpoetry.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "CBC Radio | Literary Awards | 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ "Matrix 91: The Mixtape | Matrix Magazine". Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "NewPages Blog: Fiddlehead Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "Great Canadian Literary Hunt 2010: Evel Knievel Negotiates the Fountain at Caesar's Palace by Jim Johnstone". This Magazine. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
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