David McGimpsey is a Canadian poet and author, born and raised in

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. He is the author of the poetry collections ''Li'l Bastard'' (Coach House), ''Sitcom'' (Coach House) ''Hamburger Valley'', ''California'', ''Dogboy'', ''Lardcake'' (ECW Press) as well as the critical study, ''Imagining Baseball: America's Pastime and Popular Culture'' (

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). His book of short stories, ''Certifiable'', was published by

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(2004). His travel writings have appeared in ''

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'' and he is a frequent contributor ("Sandwich of the Month" column) to ''EnRoute'' magazine. McGimpsey is also a musician (he plays guitar and sings in the rock band Puggy Hammer) and an occasional performer of stand-up comedy.

Writing career

''Li'l Bastard'' was shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award. The 2015 book ''Asbestos Heights'' was the winner of the 2015

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A. M. Klein Poetry prize. In 2016 McGimpsey won

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' Poetry Gold Medal for 'The High Road'. In a book of essays published about McGimpsey's work, ''Population Me: Essays on David McGimpsey'', acclaimed poets and scholars examine McGimpsey's various positions on literary history, class, nationalism, humour, love and aesthetics, all of which are often mutually imbricated in McGimpsey's work.

Academic work

McGimpsey has taught literature and creative writing in a part-time role at Concordia University.

References

External links

David McGimpsey at Coach House BooksFour PoemsBiography
at Broken Pencil
McGimpsey reading at Concordia with other acclaimed poet/professors, YouTube1997 PhD thesis at Dalhousie University "Called Shots: Baseball as Modern American Fiction"
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGimpsey, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Montreal Canadian comedy writers Concordia University faculty Anglophone Quebec people Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian male short story writers 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian male writers