ENG 356: Contemporary Canadian Poetry |
Jason Christie Jason Christie is a poet and visual artist who has lived in Milton, Toronto
and Calgary. In 2001, Jason obtained a BA HONS from York University with a
double major in English Literature and Creative Writing. During his stay at
York, he was an active member of the student collective Writers at York. In
2005, Jason completed his MA at the University of Calgary. Jason has been an
editorial board member for dANDelion, existere, and filling Station. He was also
co-editor of Open Letter's small/micropress issue. Jason' popular community
reading series, YARD, also spawned his micropress project, yardpress. Jason's
first book of poetry, Canada Post, will be published by Snare Books in 2006. He
recently compiled a collection of noise poems and plans to exhibit his visual
poetry in the near future. He maintains a blog at
http:\\www.whatpoem.blogspot.com.
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