McLennan, Rob

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Name (Latin)
McLennan, Rob
Date of birth
1970-03-15
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Poetry
Occupation
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 37166916
Wikidata: Q56164831
Library of congress: n 96098501
Sources of Information
  • The solitary circus, c1995:t.p. (Rob McLennan) p. 24 (Maxville, Ont.)
  • His Notes on drowning, c1998:t.p. (Rob McLennan) Can. CIP (hdg.: McLennan, Rob, 1970-) cover p. 4 (Ottawa-based poet, book reviewer, and editor/publisher)
Wikipedia description:

Rob McLennan (born 1970) is a Canadian writer, critic, and publisher. McLennan is the author of two novels, and more than twenty books of poems, stories and essays published in Canada, the United States, England, Ireland, and Japan. He has been called "arguably his generation's finest practitioner" and his writing has garnered significant critical recognition, including the CAA / Air Canada Award as the "most-promising writer under 30 in Canada", the John Newlove Poetry Award, the Mid-Career Artist Award from the Ottawa Arts Council, and being twice long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize, in 2012 and 2017. He is notable as an interviewer of other poets, with his "12-20 Questions" interviews appearing on his own blog, and in such publications as Ploughshares. McLennan's books have been published by Talonbooks, The Mercury Press, Black Moss Press, New Star Books, Insomniac Press, Broken Jaw Press, Stride, Salmon Publishing and others. His writing style is sometimes experimental and is noted for its use of humour and the element of surprise. In his capacity as a publisher, McLennan operates above/ground press, a chapbook press that has operated since 1993 as an eclectic disseminator of new, especially experimental poetry within the North American poetry community.

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