rob mclennan is the author of ten poetry collections, including bagne, or Criteria for Heaven (Broken Jaw Press), Paper Hotel (Broken Jaw Press) and what's left (Talonbooks). The editor and publisher of above/ground press and the longpoem magazine STANZAS, he also edits the cauldron books series through Broken Jaw Press. Most recently, he edited the anthologies side/lines: a new Canadian poetics (Insomniac Press) and GROUNDSWELL: the best of above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Broken Jaw Press). He currently lives in Ottawa, where he co-ordinates the semi-annual Ottawa small press book fair through the small press action network - Ottawa (span-o) and co-edits www.poetics.ca. He is completing a novel, a collection of literary essays and various poetry manuscripts.