Neil Surkan

Neil is the current Poet Laureate of Nanaimo, BC. He is the author of three books of poetry — Empties, Unbecoming, and On High — and the chapbooks Die Workbook, Ruin, Their Queer Tenderness, and Super, Natural. His award-winning poems have appeared in numerous Canadian magazines. A Professor in the Department of English at Vancouver Island University, he lives in Nanaimo, on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, with Luca, Edi, and Lloyd. www.neilsurkan.com