Jonathan Ball

Title:Instructor
Office:2M69
Building:Manitoba
Email:j.ball@uwinnipeg.ca

Biography:

Jonathan Ballholds a Ph.D. in English and teaches literature, film, and writing at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. He has written for television and film and is the author of the poetry booksEx Machina,Clockfire, andThe Politics of Knives, the co-editor ofWhy Poetry Sucks: An Anthology of Humorous Experimental Poetry, and the author of the academic monographJohn Paizs’s Crime Wave. Visit him online atJonathanBall.com, where he writes about writing the wrong way.

Website:jonathan@jonathanball.com

Teaching Areas:

Creative writing, Experimental literature, Film, Horror

Courses:
(FW) ENGL-1001-003 English 1

Publications:

Why Poetry Sucks: An Anthology of Humorous Experimental Canadian Poetry. Eds. Jonathan Ball and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Toronto: Insomniac, 2014. Print.

John Paizs’s Crime Wave. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2014. Print and eBook.

The Politics of Knives. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2012. Print and eBook.

Clockfire. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2010. Print and eBook.

Ex Machina. Toronto: BookThug, 2009. Print.

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