Shane Neilson Explained
| Shane Neilson |
| Birth Date: | 1975 |
| Birth Place: | New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation: | physician and poet |
Shane Neilson (born 1975) is a Canadian physician, author and poet.
Life
Neilson was born in New Brunswick, Canada and trained in Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, followed by Memorial University of Newfoundland. He currently has a medical practice in Erin, and lives with his family in Guelph, Ontario.
Neilson has written two non fiction books about his experience as a physician Call Me Doctor[1] and Gunmetal Blue.[2]
Poetry
His books of poetry include Complete Physical, Meniscus and Exterminate My Heart. In 2010, Neilson won Arc Poetry Magazines 15th annual Poem of the Year contest.
In addition to being an author, Neilson is a notable critic and the poetry editor for Frog Hollow Press, and in 2005 he was editor for a collection of Alden Nowlan's medical poems called Alden Nowlan and Illness.
Bibliography
- Book: The beaten-down elegies. Shane Neilson. 2003. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, BC.
- Book: Two poems. Shane Neilson. 2004. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, BC.
- Book: Alden Nowlan & illness. Alden Nowlan. Shane Neilson. 2004. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, B.C..
- Book: Shane Neilson. Call me doctor. registration. 2011-03-11. 1 April 2006. Pottersfield Press. 978-1-895900-78-1.
- Book: Shane Neilson. George Alexander Walker. Exterminate my heart. 2011-03-11. 2008. Frog Hollow Press. 978-0-9784232-0-9.
- Book: Light : poems. Shane Neilson. Jessica Hiemstra. 2008. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, B.C..
- Book: Four maidens. Shane Neilson. George A Walker. 2008. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, B.C..
- Book: Approaches to poetry : the pre-poem moment. Shane Neilson. 2009. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, B.C..
- Book: Shane Neilson. Meniscus. 2011-03-11. 28 September 2009. Biblioasis. 978-1-897231-60-9.
- Book: Field hospital : the last writings of Lt. Colonel John McCrae. Shane Neilson. 2010. JackPine Press. Saskatoon, Sask..
- Book: Shane Neilson. Complete Physical. 2011-03-11. 1 June 2010. The Porcupine's Quill. 978-0-88984-325-7.
- Book: Elision : the Milton Acorn poems. Shane Neilson. 2010. Alfred Gustav Press. North Vancouver, BC.
- Book: Shane Neilson. Gunmetal Blue:: Essays on Poetry and Medicine. 2011-03-11. 15 May 2011. Palimpsest Press. 978-1-926794-02-0.
- Book: Proofs & Equational love : the poetry of Jim Johnstone. Jason Guriel. Shane Neilson. 2011. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, BC.
- Book: Elegies. Madeline Bassnett. Shane Neilson. 2011. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, B.C..
- Book: Fatherhood : the poetry of Wayne Clifford. Shane Neilson. 2011. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, BC.
- Book: Will : stories. Shane Neilson. 2013. Enfield & Wizenty. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Book: Doctor Acorn : or: how I joined the Canadian Liberation Movement and learned to love the stern nurse fusion-bomb sun. Shane Neilson. 2013. Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, British Columbia.
- Shane Neilson (2014) "Able Physiologists Discuss Grief Musculatures." Jack Pine Press.
- Shane Neilson (2015) On Shaving Off His Face.[3] The Porcupine's Quill.
- Shane Neilson (2018) Dysphoria. The Porcupine's Quill.
- Shane Neilson (2019) New Brunswick. Biblioasis.
- Shane Neilson (2019) Margin of Interest: Essays on English Language Poetry of the Maritimes. The Porcupine's Quill.[4]
Notes and References
- Corbin. Jessica. 2009-11-12. No easy path: Shane Neilson's "Call Me Doctor". Dalhousie Medical Journal. en. 36. 2. 10.15273/dmj.Vol36No2.3916. 1488-9994. free.
- Book: Gunmetal Blue.
- Book: Neilson, Shane. On Shaving Off His Face. 2015-04-15. The Porcupine's Quill. 978-0-88984-820-7. en.
- Book: Neilson, Shane. Margin of Interest. 2019-09-24. The Porcupine's Quill. 978-0-88984-864-1. en.
