Jonathan Bennett Jonathan Bennett i(A67033 works by)
Born: Established: 1970 Vancouver, British Columbia,
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Canada,
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Americas,
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Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Happinesswise : Poems Jonathan Bennett , Toronto : ECW Press , 2018 20217487 2018 selected work poetry

'“Bennett’s artistry lies in his ability to create poems that shatter complacency with bricks of loaded language.” — Quill & Quire on Civil and Civic

'“How are you doing, happinesswise?” This is the unifying thread, the casual-sounding but slant and penetrating question posed by these poems as they interrogate what we tell ourselves about happiness, about its opposite, and about ourselves in the process.

'Happinesswise is both cacophony and chorus: it’s the voices of palliative patients and physicians, and the place where the dream state of a young pregnant woman clashes with the online reality of daily life. It’s personal too: a suite explores a five-year period of Bennett’s autistic son’s childhood, charting a journey of love and misunderstandings, of anxiety and celebration as the wonders of neurodiversity unfold.

'There are elegies too. And confessional poems, like “On the Occasion of Her Swearing In,” where Bennett witnesses up close his friend’s remarkable transition from Afghan refugee and grassroots activist to member of parliament and cabinet minister. Other poems demarcate the gaps (literal and less so) found every day in rural Ontario, or consider personal, political, and cultural history within a series of loops and twists.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon The Colonial Hotel : A Novel Jonathan Bennett , Toronto : ECW Press , 2014 20217389 2014 single work novel 'A lyrical, heartbreaking story of ardour and devastation

'In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The nurse, Helen, is pregnant; she escapes, but Paris is left behind, imprisoned by rebels as war rages.

'A narrative of brutal power about parental bonds, forgiveness, and identity, The Colonial Hotel recasts for the 21st century the ancient story of Paris, Helen, and Oenone. While the action might be ripped from international headlines, Bennett creates a wholly new take on an age-old tale set in the bleakest aspect of our unstable, yet remarkable, world.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon Civil and Civic : Poems Jonathan Bennett , Toronto : ECW Press , 2011 Z1882605 2011 selected work poetry
1 Caught Outside Jonathan Bennett , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 1 2011; (p. 78-86)
1 y separately published work icon Entitlement : A Novel Jonathan Bennett , Toronto : ECW Press , 2008 Z1882615 2008 single work novel 'At its heart, Entitlement is a story about identity; about who we think we are and where we really stand. Set in rural Ontario and with excursions to Toronto and New York City, the novel takes a provocative and honest look at class, power, male relationships, death, and the familial bonds that tie, protect, and harm us most.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Headlands Jonathan Bennett , 2007 single work prose
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 33-34)
1 Surfer Madness Jonathan Bennett , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Globe and Mail , 17 December 2005; (p. F2)
Jonathan Bennett, a dual Australian-Canadian citizen and resident of Ontario, Canada, grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla. In this column he comments on the racially-motivated violence that erupted in the Sydney beachside suburb in December 2005.
1 The Last Stand of the Wollemi Pine i "Wollemi canopy pierced -", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 52-56)
1 Here is my street, this tree I planted i "You still take yourself as you used to,", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 51)
1 Hostage Hostel i "How each heave counted for something like art", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 50)
1 Rain i "Hoofprints in muck, a thousand sure beats,", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 49)
1 Black Cloth i "On the stool the sitter shifts into new hitches -", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 48)
1 Chelmsford Avenue i "On the verandah, a young boy", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 47)
1 Douglas Fir i "This hill, twists and ice-slick, is no place for a Corolla.", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 46)
1 Crowd of Two i ""Achtung!" The La Perouse bus rocks", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 45)
1 The Price is the Price i "The young dad, black head of hair,", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 42-43)
1 Via the Mine i "The carriage squeals, grinds, then halts alongside", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 41)
1 Where Seagulls are Local i "I fall. More cakey snow down my jumper.", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 33-40)
1 The Shore i "Shore break stirs and folds its shallow deposit, sand-clouds", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 31-32)
1 Widow's Walk i "Beyond the ceiling's plaster, a Widow's Walk -", Jonathan Bennett , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Here Is My Street, This Tree I Planted 2004; (p. 30)
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