Patternicity

Jim Johnstone

ISBN 10: 088971245X / ISBN 13: 9780889712454

Published by Nightwood Editions, US, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patternicity
• Publisher: Nightwood Editions, US
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088971245X
• ISBN 13: 9780889712454
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 108 grams

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Synopsis

Patternicity contains a suite of poems that won a 2008 CBC Literary Award and follows the author's debut book of poems, The Velocity of Escape (Guernica Editions, 2008). As a physiologist currently completing his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Johnstone's work is informed by a scientific approach, his own corporeal environment and an exploration of "the unreliability of language, regardless of how it's relayed."

About the Author

Jim Johnstone obtained his M.Sc. in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Toronto, where he is currently a doctoral candidate. He is a two-time winner of the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, the recipient of a 2008 CBC Literary Award and his
work has been broadcast on CBC Radio's Between the Covers and published in Canadian periodicals such as The Fiddlehead, Grain and PRISM International. Currently he edits Misunderstandings Magazine, a literary journal he co-founded with Ian Williams and Vicki Sloot. He keeps a blog at http://jimjohnstone.wordpress.com/.