James Pollock

James Pollock’s most recent book of poems is Durable Goods (Véhicule Press, 2022), winner of the 2022 Edna Meudt Poetry Book Prize. His first book, Sailing to Babylon (Able Muse Press, 2012), was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award in Poetry, and winner of an Outstanding Achievement Award in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association. His other books are You Are Here: Essays on the Art of Poetry in Canada (The Porcupine's Quill, 2012), and The Essential Daryl Hine (The Porcupine's Quill, 2015). His poems have appeared in The Paris Review, AGNI, Plume, and many other journals, and have also won the Manchester Poetry Prize, the Magma Editors' Prize, and the Guy Owen Prize from Southern Poetry Review. He graduated from York University in Toronto, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Houston, and is now Professor of English at Loras College.