About the Author
Jason Guriel
Author
Jason Guriel first collection of poems was Pure Product (2009). His work has been anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English. He's the first Canadian to be awarded Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize in 2007. Poetry gave him their Editors Prize for Book Reviewing in 2009. Guriel's most recent book is The Pigheaded Soul: Essays and Reviews on Poetry and Culture (2013). He lives in Toronto.
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