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David W. McFadden
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David W. McFadden's extraordinary literary career spans five decades thus far. An Innocent in Cuba is the most recent of his many travel books, and Be Calm, Honey, a finalist for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry, is the most recent of his many books of poetry. In 2008, Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. He lives in Toronto.
Praise for David W. McFadden
"David McFadden has been a major underground poet all his writing life, and the young poets discover him every year. He has always been the darling of the avant-garde, but he is the most readable poet on the planet. Like his hero William Blake, he lives at ease among the most supernatural of events, and gazes in wonderment at everyday things. As a poet he reminds you to be yourself, to be yourself in the world, and give it a chance to amaze you. While reading his beautiful clear language, you sense that he is a trickster, but you cannot help believing every stanza he writes. If there is any such thing as an essential poet, here he is."
— Judges' citation for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize
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