Jim Nason

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Jim Nason at Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, Canada in 2023

Jim Nason is a Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario. [1] He is most noted for his poetry collection Rooster, Dog, Crow, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Raymond Souster Award in 2019. [2]

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He has also been nominated for several ReLit Awards, receiving nods in the Poetry category for Narcissus Unfolding in 2012 [3] and Touch Anywhere to Begin in 2017, [4] and in the Short Fiction category for The Girl on the Escalator in 2012. [3]

He published his debut poetry collection If Lips Were As Red in 1991, but put his writing career on hold for a number of years to work as a caregiver for people with HIV/AIDS. He returned to writing in the 2000s following the death of his partner, [5] publishing the poetry collection The Fist of Remembering in 2006 and the novel The Housekeeping Journals, based in part on his own experiences as a caregiver, in 2007. [6]

He became the owner and publisher of Tightrope Books in 2014.

Works

Novels

Short Fiction

Poetry

References

  1. John Barton, "Self-Portrait Embracing a Fabulous Beast". Alberta Views , December 1, 2023.
  2. Deborah Dundas, "Poetry prize short lists released". Toronto Star , April 24, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Steven W. Beattie, "ReLit (very) longlists announced". Quill & Quire , September 4, 2012.
  4. "Zoe Whittall, Jordan Abel among writers shortlisted for ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 9, 2018.
  5. Jorge Antonio Vallejos, "The skin Jim lives in". Xtra Magazine , February 9, 2012.
  6. Bob Armstrong, "Powerful tour through world few will experience". Winnipeg Free Press , September 23, 2007.