ENG 356: Contemporary Canadian Poetry

Jon Paul Fiorentino

Jon Paul Fiorentino is a writer and editor. His most recent book of poetry is The Theory of the Loser Class (Coach House Books, 2006). He is the author of the poetry book Hello Serotonin (Coach House Books, 2004) and the humour book Asthmatica (Insomniac Press, 2005). His most recent editorial projects are the anthologies Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour (DC Books, 2003) and Post-Prairie - a collaborative effort with Robert Kroetsch, (Talonbooks, 2005). He lives in Montreal where he teaches writing at Concordia University and is the Managing Editor of Matrix magazine.

Topics:

1.    POET: Particularly The Theory of the Loser Class and Hello Serotonin (both at Coach House Books).

2.    EDITOR: Matrix Magazine.

Website:

http://www.jonpaulfiorentino.com/