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Jimmy McInnes was born and raised on Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula. His first book of poetry, A More Perfect [, was published by Book*hug Press in the spring of 2015. His poetry has appeared in This Magazine, The Ex-Puritan, Descant, the Capilano Review, Poetry is Dead, BAX 2016: Best American Experimental Writing, and Best Canadian Poetry 2019. His work has been shortlisted for the Great Canadian Literary Hunt and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Jimmy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph, and currently resides in Toronto.

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	Best Canadian Poetry 2019 by Rob Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anita Lahey (Editor), Amanda Jernigan (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A More Perfect [ 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Begin Speech With it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New poem "Furniture" published in Poetry is Dead Issue 12: Working Class

Poetry is Dead Issue twelve, "Working Class" edited by Mat Laporte and Jenny Sampirisi is 64 pages of poetry, essays, original art, photography and reviews.

http://poetryisdead.ca/magazine/worki...

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