HA&L Biographical Sketch • Shane Neilson

 

HA&L Biographical Sketch • Shane Neilson • HA&L Guest Editor

 

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Photograph of Shane Neilson with a dark beard. Headshot with blurred leaves, and a blurred building in the background.Shane Neilson is a poet, physician, and critic. He completed his PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in 2018. Shane's latest book, New Brunswick, was published by Biblioasis in the Spring of 2019. His previous book, Dysphoria (PQL, 2017) was awarded the Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry. He is currently completing a postdoctoral position at McMaster as part of the $50,000 'Talent' grant awarded by SSHRC in 2018. Shane published Constructive Negativity, the first book of literary criticism devoted to disability in Canada, also this year. He is the director of the AbleHamilton Poetry Festival which had its first successful run in the Fall of 2018 and is about to rock again in 2019. Twitter: @AbleHamiltonPo.

 

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The HA&L Canadian Dis/Ability Poetics Issue
Imaginary Safe House • Introduction: Part I
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