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David Menear

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Born

TORONTO, Canada

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Fiction, Poetry, Fiction

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January 2013

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Menear is most often described as an edgy, urgent, gritty and sometimes ‘transgressive’ short story writer with a soft heart and a sense of humour. You find him at that place where Salinger meets Cormac McCarthy for tea and cookies.

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2019 ReLit Awards finalist - Shortlisted in the short fiction category

2020 ReLit Awards finalist - Shortlisted in the short fiction category

“Your command of language is mesmerizing and I mean this as high praise when I say you write like a poet. I can see your craft choices happening at the sentence and even syllabic level, I notice the way you use sound and rhythm and I applaud that.”
Margo LaPierre, Acclaimed Poet, Author and Editor

"David Menear is one hell of a writer. We at HOOD, ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 46 ratings · 16 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Nickle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shane Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 28 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
	Swallows Playing Chicken 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	One Dead Tree 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
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Transgressive?

David Menear
Interview with DevilHouse Press
January 2017

DHP: What is your definition of transgressive?
DM: You can drive straight down the middle of the road or you can crash, roll, spin, flip, and amused, watch yourself fly off into the ditch and burn.

DHP: What was the first text you read that made you question accepted
societal tenets or values or the way in which the world works?
DM: The bible.

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David’s Quotes

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: art, inspirational

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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
― Clare Boothe Luce

tags: elegance, misattributed-to-apple, misattributed-to-da-vinci, misattributed-to-steve-jobs, simplicity, sophistication

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“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: activism, determination, enterprise, success

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“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.”
― Leonardo da Vinci