Jim Nason
Jim Nason reads "Black Ice" from his new book, Narcissus Unfolding, forthcoming from Frontenac House in March 2011 and "What I Didn't Tell the Insurance Agent" from The Fist of Remembering, published in 2006 by Wolsak and Wynn.
Jim Nason's essays, stories and poems have appeared in literary journals and anthologies in the United States and Canada. He has published two books of poetry: If Lips Were as Red and The Fist of Remembering; a third collection, Narcissus Unfolding is forthcoming with Frontenac House books. A selection of poems from his new poetry manuscript Music Garden was a finalist for this year's CBC Literary Award. Jim has also published a novel, The Housekeeping Journals and a short story collection, The Girl on the Escalator (forthcoming, Tightrope Books).
More from Jim Nason
Olympus (published in CV2's Keystone of Canadian Poetry Turns 35 Issue, Fall 2010)Market (third place winner, CV2's 2010 2-Day Contest)
Metamorphing Frog (published in CV2's Green Issue, Summer 2009)
More from the Toronto readings
2:53 minSteve McOrmond reads "The Hypochondriac Flies to Mexico," and "The End of the World" from The Good News about Armageddon, published in 2010 by Brick Books.
2:58 minMaureen Hynes reads "Glass Kiss" from her book Rough Skin, published in 1995 by Wolsak and Wynn, and "Precaution," from Harm's Way, published in 2001 by Brick Books.
2:18 minKate Cayley reads "William James Arrives in Toronto" and "Photograph of the Painter in His Studio 1907."
3:31 min Jim Nason reads "Black Ice" from his new book, Narcissus Unfolding, forthcoming from Frontenac House in March 2011 and "What I Didn't Tell the Insurance Agent" from The Fist of Remembering, published in 2006 by Wolsak and Wynn.