Poetry Matters - Shane Neilson
Shane Neilson聽is a poet, physician, and critic from New Brunswick. He is author of several books of poetry, including聽Complete Physical聽(2010),聽On Shaving Off His Face聽(2015),聽Dysphoria聽(2017), and聽New Brunswick聽(2019). As a Vanier postdoctoral scholar at McMaster University, he researches the representations of pain in CanLit.聽Dysphoria, the final entry in his affect trilogy, was published in 2017 with the Porcupine鈥檚 Quill. He has just launched a collection of essays,聽Constructive Negativity,聽compiling commentary from different periods of his work. Recipient of the Walrus Poetry Prize and the Hamilton Literary Award for poetry, Neilson currently holds a SSHRC Talent Award.
Neilson focuses on the articulation of pain and disordered affect through poetic form. As poet and editor, he comments on the emergent area of 鈥渄isability poetics鈥�; as a physician, he considers the value of poetry in medical practice.
For this reading, Poetry Matters is delighted to partner with聽平特五不中鈥檚聽Osler Library of the History of Medicine聽(ROAAr, Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art and Archives). Materials from the Osler Collections will be featured at the event. Special thanks to Mary Hague-Yearl, Osler Head Librarian.