HA&L Biographical Sketch • Shane Neilson

HA&L Biographical Sketch Shane Neilson • HA&L Associate Editor Shane Neilson is a poet, critic, and memoirist who lives in Oakville, Ontario. He was born in New Brunswick and much of his writing reflects this origin. At present he works as a family physician and is a Vanier Scholar completing his PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Shane is editor of Frog Hollow Press based out of Victoria, BC and is self-appointed "Manifestoist Editor" at Anstruther Press of Toronto, ON. The author of several books, most recently he published Dysphoria (PQL), a book of poems about how mental illness is regulated. In 2016 he edited Heart on Fist, a selected prose volume (Palimpsest Press), and Witch of the Inner Wood, a collected long poems (Goose Lane Editions) by Travis Lane. In 2017 Shane won the sixth annual Walrus Poetry Prize, juried by Margaret Atwood, Jordan Abel, and Carmine Starnino. The prize was founded and generously supported by the Hal Jackman Foundation. Shane Neilson and Monica Kidd were Guest Editors for ASYLUM HA&L issue ten.1. Find the print edition at Bryan Prince Bookseller or at Tucker Plus: Rubber Stamps and Fountain Pens in Hamilton, ON.   Now enjoy THE FIELD Signing My Name: On Anthologization by Shane Neilson >>>         + [This HA&L biographical sketch and introduction © 2017-18 SN.]