Jim Johnstone (poet)

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

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.

References

  1. ^ "Stouffville Native wins CBC Literary Award". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  2. ^ "Canadian Gothic : Arc Poetry". Arcpoetry.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ "CBC Radio | Literary Awards | 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  4. ^ "Matrix 91: The Mixtape | Matrix Magazine". Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  5. ^ "NewPages Blog: Fiddlehead Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  6. ^ "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.