Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm
Jim Nason
Event Info: Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 11:00 AM
Jim Nason’s award-winning poems and stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies across the United States and Canada, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008 & 2010. He has published two books of poetry: If Lips Were as Red (Palmerston Press) and The Fist of Remembering (Wolsak and Wynn); a third collection, Narcissus Unfolding, is forthcoming from Frontenac House. His debut novel, The Housekeeping Journals, was released to critical acclaim by Turnstone Press in 2007. He lives in Toronto.
Books
The Girl On The Escalator
From critically acclaimed poet and novelist Jim Nason comes a collection of vivid and affecting stories about the brief moments that change lives. The characters in these eleven stories live in a world upside down. From the young professional who leaves her high-powered job to explore street life as a graffiti artist, to the gay man who falls in love with a woman, to the spin class fanatic who learns that there’s a fine line between fitness and addiction, these excessive and radical characters create pandemonium wherever they go. Inspired by everyday people riding the TTC, Jim Nason has crafted a collection of gender- and expectation-bending stories that reveal the extraordinary and often heartbreaking truths behind ordinary life. Poignant and uplifting, The Girl on the Escalator is a fresh look at the world right outside our door. Tightrope Books - $19.95 - Short Stories
