Jim Johnstone (poet) explained
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 Magazines 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
Poetry
- The Velocity Of Escape. Guernica Editions, 2008.
- Patternicity. Nightwood Editions, 2010.
- Sunday, the locusts. Tightrope Books, 2011.
- Dog Ear. Véhicule Press, 2014.
As editor
- The Essential Earle Birney. Porcupine's Quill, 2014.
- The Essential D. G. Jones. Porcupine's Quill, 2016.
About
- Proofs & Equational Love: The Poetry of Jim Johnstone. Frog Hollow Press, 2011.
Notes and References
- Web site: Stouffville Native wins CBC Literary Award . 2011-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501182610/http://www.stouffvilleonline.com/sfp/2009/04/stouffville-native-wins-cbc-literary-award/ . 2009-05-01 . dead .
- Web site: Canadian Gothic : Arc Poetry . Arcpoetry.ca . 2021-04-28.
- Web site: CBC Radio | Literary Awards | 2008 . 2011-04-19 . 2010-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129061731/http://www.cbc.ca/radio/literaryawards/2008-awards/jim-johnstone-1.html . dead .
- Web site: Matrix 91: The Mixtape | Matrix Magazine . 2014-05-25 . https://archive.today/20140527172848/http://www.matrixmagazine.org/archives/91/ . 2014-05-27 . dead .
- Web site: NewPages Blog: Fiddlehead Contest Winners . 2014-05-25 . 2014-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201207/http://newpagesblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/fiddlehead-contest-winners.html . dead .
- Web site: Great Canadian Literary Hunt 2010: Evel Knievel Negotiates the Fountain at Caesar's Palace by Jim Johnstone . This Magazine . 2010-11-18 . 2021-04-28.
