Bøger af Jon Paul Fiorentino

Poetry. LEAVING MILE END is Jon Paul Fiorentino's seventh collection of poetry and tenth book--a collection of poems that documents the daily din and clatter of cafés, galleries, and dive bars that make up Mile End in Montreal, perhaps the most artistically vibrant neighbourhood in the world. But this is no ordinary tour--we take a sharp turn and go online as Fiorentino mines the peculiar linguistic resources of a new world of doxxing, swatting, snarking, trolling, catfishing, and shaming. While addressing the disconnect between the way we treat each other online and the way we treat each other irl, LEAVING MILE END provides a new framework for understanding what it means to be home in 2017.

ReLit Long Shortlist, 2015Finalist, Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionWinner, National Magazine Award, Silver Medal for Humour, for the story "e;It Seems Like Sex is a Weird Thing That Used to Happen to Me,"e; from I'm Not Scared of You or AnythingThe characters in I'm not Scared of You or Anything are invigilators, fake martial arts experts, buskers, competitive pillow fighters, drug runners, and, of course, grad students. This collection of comedic short stories and exploratory texts is the ninth book by the critically acclaimed and award-winning author Jon Paul Fiorentino. Deftly illustrated by Maryanna Hardy, these texts ask important questions, like: How does a mild mannered loser navigate the bureaucratic terrain of exam supervision? What happens when you replace the text of Christian Archie comics with the text of Hlne Cixous? And, most important of all, what would it be like ifMr. Spock was a character in the HBO series Girls?Illustrated throughout by the wonderful, full colour artwork of Maryanna Hardy!Praise for I'm Not Scared of You or Anything:Book of the Week, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore"e;This book leapt up out of the box. It is an outrageously funny book-deadpan. The prose is sharply sliced, clean, and precise. Fiorentino is a master stylist writing from a broad range of interest, drawing on a well of compassion."e; (The Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction Jury)"e;I'm sure something scares Jon Paul Fiorentino, and maybe it drives him toward the deadpan magic he wields so masterfully in these pages. This is a daring and funny collection."e; (Sam Lipsyte)"e;Fiorentino smartly and brightly facilitates the reader's journey into his mind. He has a talent for pointing to profound topics on being and belonging, evoking empathy in the reader, and getting a laugh at the same time. The author does as Andy Kaufman did when, performing as Mighty Mouse, he said, 'I'm not sure if you're laughing at me or with me.' And everybody really laughed."e; (The Montreal Review of Books)"e;Perhaps this is a glimpse at what the Internet would be like if people were much smarter, much funnier, and not horrible. You don't have to like short stories to like I'm Not Scared of You or Anything. Anyone who has a pulse and a healthy love of chaos will get something out of this."e; (5 out of 5) (The Other Press)Most Anticipated Fiction selection, 49th Shelf

With links to intense poetic works like John Berrymans Dream Songs, Gilbert Sorrentinos Corrosive Sublimate and Erin Moures Furious, Jon Paul Fiorentinos new collection is a whip-smart poetic investigation of anxiety in all its many manifestations. Anxiety caused by geography, anxieties of influence and looming worries about loss inform the poems as they weave narrative threads and associations that highlight both the treachery of language and its necessity in shaping human experience: 'All roads, side roads/all text, signage/All seasons, autumn/ all memories, winter.'The poems here build on Derridas ideas about the psychological implications of memory and the archival impulse and on philosopher Charles Sanders Peirces semiotics of 'the index.' Indexical Elegies is a rich, emotionally charged work that showcases Fiorentinos talents at their feisty, engaged best. From its Post-Prairie pamphleteering and its comic Montreal musings to its moving elegies, this is provocative poetry that never loses touch with the readers pleasure.

Drawing on texts ranging from Thorstein Veblen's groundbreaking "The Theory of the Leisure Class" to "Star Wars" (the nerd Bible) for inspiration, this suite of poems documents the tribulations and insecurities of one's inner geek.

Contemporary Canadian poetry got you down? This book of poems operates within the constraints of what the author terms 'synaptic syntax' - poetry that performs the very nature of neuronal activity from the point of view of a mood-enhanced Human Comedy, which, with a quick turn of phrase, or missing neurotransmitter, could become Human Tragedy.

Needs Improvement, the latest collection from acclaimed poet Fiorentino, consists of three sections: Needs Improvement, a suite of experiments that address various misreadings of pedagogical and evaluative material; Moda, a section of civic, alyric villanelles that take city and borough mottos for their refrains; and Things As Facts, a section of highly manipulated and manipulative free verse.