A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a Fellow at Yaddo artists' colony in New York, Mark Jarman's work has appeared in virtually every Canadian literary journal out there. Publication credits include Queen's Quarterly, Prism International, subTerrain, Hawaii Review, Prairie Fire, and Quarterly West. Other books include the memoir Ireland's Eye, the short story collections Dancing Nightly in the Tavern (Alberta Writers' Guild Award for Best Fiction), New Orleans Is Sinking, and 19 Knives, and a collection of poetry, Killing the Swan. Mr. Jarman also edited a book of alcohol related stor...