Jay MillAr

Jay MillAr is a poet, editor, bookseller and publisher. Born in Edmonton in 1971, he was raised in London Ontario by his parents, a zoologist and a music teacher. For the past 11 summers he has collected data on white-footed mice in a woodlot near Tilbury Ontario for a population Biologist at Lakehead University. A small press advocate, MillAr publishes various things by himself and other under the imprint BookThug, and sells these books as well as other small press and poetically minded literature through Apollinaire’s Bookshoppe, an imaginary bookstore specializing in the books that no one wants to buy.

He is the author The Ghosts of Jay MillAr [Coach House Books, 2000] and of Mycological Studies [Coach House Books, 2002]. In 2003 he became the Assistant Editor at Coach House Books. He lives and works in Toronto with Hazel and their two sons, Reid and Cole.

Selected Publications
 Mycological Studies (Coach House Books, 2002) ISBN 1552451038.
The Ghosts of Jay MillAr (Coach House Books, 2000) ISBN 1552459853.
the small blue (BookThug, 2003).
Double Helix: Initial Sequence (with Stephen Cain) (housepress, 2002) ISBN 1894174623.
Hijinks: A Sequence from Double Helix (with Stephen Cain (above/ground press, 2003) ISBN 1894214617.
The Heart of The Helix (with Stephen Cain) (BookThug / Kitch In Ink Press, 2002).

Books in Print
MillAr, Jay
Mycological Studies, Poetry (Coach House Books, 2002) ISBN 1552451038, $16.95.
The Ghosts of Jay MillAr, Poetry (Coach House Books, 2000) ISBN 1552459853, $22.95
the small blue, Poetry (BookThug, 2003) $15.00.

Jay MillAr, 33 Webb Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1M4.
bookthug@hotmail.com
http://www.bookthug.ca/
http://www.chbooks.com/
http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/
http://www.housepress.ca/
http://www.canwehaveourballback.com/

Poet in the School
(Toronto)


phone: 416-769-4230

email: bookthug@hotmail.com

Jay MillAr is a poet, editor, bookseller and publisher. Born in Edmonton in 1971, he was raised in London Ontario by his parents, a zoologist and a music teacher. For the past 11 summers he has collected data on white-footed mice in a woodlot near Tilbury Ontario for a population Biologist at Lakehead University. A small press advocate, MillAr publishes various things by himself and other under the imprint BookThug, and sells these books as well as other small press and poetically minded literature through Apollinaire’s Bookshoppe, an imaginary bookstore specializing in the books that no one wants to buy.

He is the author The Ghosts of Jay MillAr [Coach House Books, 2000] and of Mycological Studies [Coach House Books, 2002]. In 2003 he became the Assistant Editor at Coach House Books. He lives and works in Toronto with Hazel and their two sons, Reid and Cole.

Grade Levels: 9 - 12

Fees: standard

Classroom Approach:
Students do not need to be familiar with my work in order to participate. Methods are flexible: the workshopping of poetry as well as discussions and/or readings can be designed around the particular needs and/or interests of the classroom. Students will be encouraged to write and perform their own work, and to think about poetry in both traditional and experimental ways. Different areas of poetic form and composition can be discussed, and examples from literary history can play a role in the discussion. I also like to discuss the relationship between poetry and publishing, including the creation of independently produced small press publications with the students. I am also happy to give a reading of my own work if that is of interest.