Jon Paul Fiorentino

Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor.

Fiorentino was born and raised in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his book of poems Resume Drowning, Fiorentino shared that since he resided in Transcona, Winnipeg, and Montreal, he considers all three of them home.

Fiorentino became a writer in Winnipeg. In 1999, Fiorentino left Winnipeg to move to Montreal pursue a life in writing.

Fiorentino teaches at Concordia University, is editor-in-chief of Matrix magazine and founded Snare Books (publishing), a Canadian publishing company.

Fiorentino received his undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Winnipeg in 1998. He then moved to Montreal for further studies at Concordia University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing (with Honours and Distinction) in 2000. He received his Master of Arts in English Literature and Creative Writing in 2003 at Concordia University.

Fiorentino has written several books of poems. His first book was Transcona Fragments, which is a collection of poems published by Winnipeg's Cyclops Press/Signature Editions in 2002. In the same year Fredericton's Broken Jaw Press also published his second book, Resume Drowning, which like the first one, is also a collection of poems. Another book of poems entitled Hello Serotonin was published in 2004 by Toronto's Coach House Books. In 2006, Coach House Books published The Theory of the Loser Class (books of poems). Fiorentino wrote two more books or collections of poems, both published by Coach House Books, namely Indexical Elegies in 2010, and Needs Improvement, in 2013. He is expected to release his seventh collection of poetry, Leaving Mile End, in May 2017.

Fiorentino wrote "Asthmatica", a short fiction, which was published by Toronto's Insomniac Press in 2005. Fiorentino also wrote Stripmalling, a novel, published by Toronto's ECW Press in 2009.

In an interview with The Toronto Quarterly on November 18, 2013, Fiorentino explained that he has a book of short stories, entitled I'm Not Scared of You or Anything, which was set to be published on June 2014 by Anvil Press. Fiorentino also explained that this book has illustrations by Maryanna Hardy.

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