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'''Paul Joseph Vermeersch''' (born 1973) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[poet]].
'''Paul Joseph Vermeersch''' (born November 17, 1973)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vermeesch |first1=Paul |title=Paul Vermeesch's Blog |url=http://www.paulvermeersch.ca/2006/11/activate.html |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[poet]].

Born in [[Mississauga, Ontario]], he grew up in [[Southwestern Ontario]] and lives in [[Toronto]].


His first collection, ''Burn'' (2000), was a finalist for the [[Gerald Lampert Award]]. His subsequent collections, ''The Fat Kid'' (2002), ''Between the Walls'' (2005), ''The Reinvention of the Human Hand'' (2010, a finalist for the Trillium Book Award), and ''Don't Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something'' have all garnered critical praise.
His first collection, ''Burn'' (2000), was a finalist for the [[Gerald Lampert Award]]. His subsequent collections, ''The Fat Kid'' (2002), ''Between the Walls'' (2005), ''The Reinvention of the Human Hand'' (2010, a finalist for the Trillium Book Award), and ''Don't Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something'' have all garnered critical praise.


From 1998 to 2003, Vermeersch organized the reading series at the I.V. Lounge in downtown Toronto, hosting authors from across [[North America]]. During that time he edited the anthology ''The I.V. Lounge Reader'' (2001) for Insomniac Press. From 2002 until 2011 he was the poetry editor for the press. He is now senior editor of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
From 1998 to 2003, Vermeersch organized the reading series at the I.V. Lounge in [[downtown Toronto]], hosting authors from across [[North America]]. During that time he edited the anthology ''The I.V. Lounge Reader'' (2001) for Insomniac Press. From 2002 until 2011 he was the poetry editor for the press. He is now senior editor of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.


Vermeersch teaches at [[Sheridan College]] in [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]].
Vermeersch teaches at [[Sheridan College]] in [[Oakville, Ontario|Mississauga]].


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.paulvermeersch.blogspot.com/ Paul Vermeersch's Blog]
*[http://www.paulvermeersch.blogspot.com/ Paul Vermeersch's Blog]
*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/digjen/waywardarmadillopress.htm Wayward Armadillo Press]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310200320/http://www3.sympatico.ca/digjen/waywardarmadillopress.htm Wayward Armadillo Press]
*[http://www.junctionbooks.com/chapbooks.html Junction Books]
*[http://www.junctionbooks.com/chapbooks.html Junction Books]
*[http://www.insomniacpress.com Insomniac Press]
*[http://www.insomniacpress.com Insomniac Press]
*[http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/nobody_loves_a_fat_kid.shtml Interview with Paul Vermeersch in Taddle Creek Magazine]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929035733/http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/nobody_loves_a_fat_kid.shtml Interview with Paul Vermeersch in Taddle Creek Magazine]
*[http://www.danforthreview.com/features/interviews/paul_vermeersch.htm Interview with Paul Vermeersch in The Danforth Review]
*[http://www.danforthreview.com/features/interviews/paul_vermeersch.htm Interview with Paul Vermeersch in The Danforth Review]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=390 "He Will Not Drown His Sorrows" from ''Between the Walls'', online at CBC Words at Large]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=390 "He Will Not Drown His Sorrows" from ''Between the Walls'', online at CBC Words at Large]
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 3 December 2024

Paul Joseph Vermeersch (born November 17, 1973)[1] is a Canadian poet.

His first collection, Burn (2000), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award. His subsequent collections, The Fat Kid (2002), Between the Walls (2005), The Reinvention of the Human Hand (2010, a finalist for the Trillium Book Award), and Don't Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something have all garnered critical praise.

From 1998 to 2003, Vermeersch organized the reading series at the I.V. Lounge in downtown Toronto, hosting authors from across North America. During that time he edited the anthology The I.V. Lounge Reader (2001) for Insomniac Press. From 2002 until 2011 he was the poetry editor for the press. He is now senior editor of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.

Vermeersch teaches at Sheridan College in Mississauga.

Bibliography

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  • What You Wish Wasn't True, Wayward Armadillo, 1999. (chapbook)
  • Burn, ECW Press, 2000.
  • The I.V. Lounge Reader, 2001. (editor)
  • The Fat Kid, ECW Press, 2002.
  • Widows & Orphans, Junction Books, 2003. (chapbook)
  • Between the Walls, McClelland and Stewart, 2005.
  • The Al Purdy A-frame Anthology, Harbour Publishing, 2009. (editor)
  • The Reinvention of the Human Hand, McClelland and Stewart, 2010.
  • Don't Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something, ECW Press, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ Vermeesch, Paul. "Paul Vermeesch's Blog". Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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