Gary Barwin

Gary Barwin is a poet, fiction writer, composer, and performer. Barwin’s latest book, the poetry collection, The Porcupinity of the Stars has just been released by Coach House Books. His many diverse publications include poetry: Outside the Hat and Raising Eyebrows (Coach House), Servants of Dust (No Press), anus porcupine eyebrow (Supernova Tadpole/Paper Kite), and frogments from the frag pool (with derek beaulieu) (The Mercury Press); and fiction: Doctor Weep and other Strange Teeth, Big Red Baby, and The Mud Game (a novel with Stuart Ross) (The Mercury Press). Forthcoming books include The Obvious Flap (with Gregory Betts; BookThug) and Kafka Franzlations: A Guide to the Imaginary Parables (with Hugh Thomas and Craig Conley; New Star). He was the co-winner of the 2010 bpNichol chapbook award for Inverting the Deer (serif of nottingham) and was a recipient of the KM Hunter Foundation Artist award. He is the author of several books for kids, including Seeing Stars which was nominated for a CLA YA Book of the Year and an Arthur Ellis Award. Barwin received a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY at Buffalo. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife and three children.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 6, 2 - 3:45 p.m. (Wilkinson)