C.H. Gervais

C.H. (Marty) Gervais was born in Windsor in 1946. He received his B.A. from the University of Guelph and his M.A. from the University of Windsor where he studied writing under Morley Callaghan. He is a poet, playwright, historian, editor, journalist, and publisher. As a journalist he writes a weekly column on books for the Windsor Star where he is Book Page Editor.

Awards
Top Ten Religion Pages in North America, nomination, 1982, 1985.
Milton Acorn Memorial People's Poetry Award, winner, 1996; runnerup, 1990, 1992.
Western Ontario Newspape Award, twelve years.
Ontario Reporters' Association Award, two years.
The Harbourfront Festival Prize, 1999.

Selected Publications
The Pope in Canada (nonfiction). (The Windsor Star, 1984).
Letters from the Equator. (Penumbra Press, 1986).
Autobiographies. (Penumbra Press, 1989).
Scenes from the Present: New Selected Poems. (Penumbra Press, 1991).
People in Struggle: The Life and Art of Bill Stapleton. (Penumbra Press, 1992).
The Border Police: One Hundred and Twenty-Five years of Policing in Windsor. (Penumbra Press, 1992).
Seeds in the Wilderness: Profile of Religious Leaders. (Quarry Press, 1994).
Playing God. (Mosaic Press, 1994).
From America Sent: Letters to Henry Miller. (Quarry Press, 1995).
Tearing Into a Summer Day. (Mosaic Press, 1996). The Science of Nothing (Mosaic Press, 2000).
To Be Now: New and Selected Poems (Mosaic Press, 2003).

Books in Print
Gervais, C.H. (Marty)
Autobiographies. Penumbra Press, 1989. $9.95 ISBN: 0-921254-14-8.
From America Sent: Letters to Henry Miller. Quarry Press, 1995.
If I Had a Birthday Every Day (children's book). Black Moss Press, 1983. $3.95 ISBN: 0-88753-101-6.
Into a Blue Morning. Hounslow Press, 1982. $8.95 ISBN: 0-88882-063-1.
The Fighting Parson (drama). Porcupine's Quill, 1983. $8.95 ISBN: 0-88984-066-0.
Letters from the Equator. Penumbra Press, 1986. $7.95 ISBN: 0-920806-87-2.
People in Struggle: The Life and Art of Bill Stapleton. Penumbra Press, 1992. $24.95 ISBN: 0-921254-37-7.
Playing God. Mosaic Press, 1994. $14.95 ISBN: 0-88962-580-8.
Poems for American Daughters. Porcupine's Quill, 1976. $2.95 ISBN: 0-88984-004-0.
Scenes from the Present: New Selected Poems. Penumbra Press, 1991. $9.95 ISBN: 0-921254-26-1.
Tearing Into a Summer Day. Mosaic Press, 1996. $12.95 ISBN 0-88962-619-7.
The Border Police: One Hundred and Twenty-Five years of Policing in Windsor. Penumbra Press, 1992. ISBN: 0-921254-50-4.
The Science of Nothing (Mosaic Press, 2000).
To Be Now: New and Selected Poems (Mosaic Press, 2003).