New Brunswick

(Paperback)

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Like the great Modernist William Carlos Williams, Neilson is a physician and poet.

An outspoken activist for mental health awareness, Neilsons work often critiques ableism in contemporary society.

Political and social relevance: New Brunswick considers personal history in the context of political history, particularly the legacy of settler colonialism and class issues in a formerly agrarian culture.

Reviews

Praise for New Brunswick

"Immediately evident in Neilson's writing is an attentive musicality...Extensive and grounding imagery...[His] sharp observations entice. New Brunswick rings in tone and tribute as a moody historic elegy." Quill & Quire

Praise for Shane Neilson

Shane Neilsons Meniscus is an example of that rare and defining moment in a poets career when subject and language meld into authentic poetic voice. Winnipeg Free Press

Neilsons ability to make the bipolar mind comprehensible, a place that needs to be understood, in Manic Statement is perhaps the books greatest success. It never lapses into clich and even manages to slip in a bit of wit. Canadian Literature

Neilsons use of language is stark, but this off-kilter beauty is arresting . . . Although the territory Neilson covers in his debut tradebook is undoubtedly dark, there are still many worthwhile moments to be forged in its depths. Northern Poetry Review

[Neilson] dares to dream. The Prairie Journal

Author Bio

Shane Neilson was born in New Brunswick. He attended the University of New Brunswick, where he completed his BSc. He obtained his MD from Dalhousie University, his MFA from the University of Guelph, and is currently a PhD candidate at McMaster University. Neilson is the author of five collections of poetry, a two-time winner of the Arc Poetry Magazine Poem of the Year Award, and the 2017 winner of The Walrus Poetry Prize.