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John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. John Barton is a self-professed gay poet (not, he says, a poet who happens to be gay), and has worked to bolster Canadian L.G.B.T. literature. He has done this through his poetry, his time as an editor on various magazines, and the anthology he co-edited with Billeh Nickerson called ''Seminal; The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets''. He has worked as the editor of ''The Malahat Review ''and co- | John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. John Barton is a self-professed gay poet (not, he says, a poet who happens to be gay), and has worked to bolster Canadian L.G.B.T. literature. He has done this through his poetry, his time as an editor on various magazines, and the anthology he co-edited with Billeh Nickerson called ''Seminal; The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets''. He has worked as the editor of ''The Malahat Review ''and co-editor of ''Arc.'' | ||
He read from his novel ''Hymn ''September 16th, 2010, at Memorial Hall; for UNBSJ’s Lorenzo reading series on March 17, 2011; he read at Queeer Literary Coffeehouse event on March 29th, 2011; and also did a farewell reading on April 12, 2011 in Memorial Hall. | He read from his novel ''Hymn ''September 16th, 2010, at Memorial Hall; for UNBSJ’s Lorenzo reading series on March 17, 2011; he read at Queeer Literary Coffeehouse event on March 29th, 2011; and also did a farewell reading on April 12, 2011 in Memorial Hall. | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 2 August 2017
John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. John Barton is a self-professed gay poet (not, he says, a poet who happens to be gay), and has worked to bolster Canadian L.G.B.T. literature. He has done this through his poetry, his time as an editor on various magazines, and the anthology he co-edited with Billeh Nickerson called Seminal; The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets. He has worked as the editor of The Malahat Review and co-editor of Arc.
He read from his novel Hymn September 16th, 2010, at Memorial Hall; for UNBSJ’s Lorenzo reading series on March 17, 2011; he read at Queeer Literary Coffeehouse event on March 29th, 2011; and also did a farewell reading on April 12, 2011 in Memorial Hall.
Barton was preceded by Fred Stenson, and succeeded by Sue Sinclair.
Sources:
UA Case 191; Section 2; John Barton