Awards
The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, second prize, 1992.
Selected Publications
Sweet Betsy From Pike. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1992).
The Imaginary Museum. (ECW Press, 1993).
What Passes for Love. (Insomniac Press, 1996).
Personations. (Exile Editions, 1997).
Restless (short stories). (Insomniac Press, 1998).
The Long Drive Home. (novel). (Insomniac Press, 1999).
Selected Anthologies
The Last Word. (Insomniac Press, 1995).
Carnival. (Insomniac Press, 1996).
Vintage'96. (Quarry Press, 1997).
Books in Print
Rogal, Stan
Personations. Exile Editions, 1997.
Restless. Insomniac Press, 1998.
Sweet Betsy From Pike. Wolsak and Wynn, 1992. $10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-28-2.
The Long Drive Home. Insomniac Press, 1999.
The Imaginary Museum. ECW Press, 1993. $12.00 ISBN: 1-55022-200-7.
What Passes for Love. Insomniac Press, 1996.
Stan Rogal, 21 Southview Av, Toronto ON M6H 1T3, (416) 538-1769
Poet in the School
(Toronto)
phone: 416-538-1769
Stan has published poetry and prose in dozens of magazines across Canada, the U.S., and Europe. His first book of poems, Sweet Betsy From Pike has ecology, transformation and communication as its basic themes. His other books include, The Imaginary Museum (poetry), Playing in the Asphalt Garden (poetry, anthology), What Passes For Love (fiction), The Threepenny Epic Cabaret (play produced at Theatre Passe Muraille). Stan is also a playwright/actor which lends a sense of theatricality to his readings. While living in Vancouver he spent five years conducting creative writing classes and seminars in various institutions. He has an M.A. in English from York University.
Grade Levels: 9 - OAC
Fees: standard
Classroom Approach:
His
approach varies with the size and wishes of the students. In the classroom,
Stan reads and discusses his own poems and encourages questions on all aspects
of writing, from the process of creating to seeking publication to what it means
to exist as a poet in this day and age.