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Jim Johnstone (born 1978) is a Canadian reproductive physiologist and poet. He was born in Stouffville, Ontario and is the author of four collections of poetry.

Johnstone's work has received numerous awards including Arc Poetry Magazine's Readers' Choice Award, a CBC Literary Award, the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, Matrix Magazine's Lit-Pop Award, the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and he won This Magazine's Great Canadian Literary Hunt.

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.
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