Jarman Book Launch

My White Planet
By
Mark Anthony Jarman

Please join us in launching Mark Jarman’s new collection of short stories!
*Thursday, May 1st — 7 pm*
Wilser’s Room (formerly The Taproom)
366 Queen Street)
Fredericton, NB * *(506) 451-6912

"In the breadth of his subject matter and the way he teases out his narratives, Mark Jarman shows himself to be a dauntingly innovative writer. But it is what he does with language that really sets him apart. Tensions escalate and worlds collapse in the wake of the most unexpected conjunctions and ingenious imagery. The overall effect is electrifying. My White Planet is beyond groundbreaking, it is an essential reminder of the power and ascendancy of the word." – Barbara Gowdy

My White Planet is a collection of fourteen short stories by one of Canada’s most original writers of short fiction. Many of these stories have previously won or been short-listed for literary magazine awards. Jarman pushes the boundaries of language and story telling and in so doing mesmerizes readers with each and every story he tells. His unique voice and compelling use of language reinforces why Jarman is a rising star in the Canadian literary firmament.

My White Planet offers up a fictional world of wonders: Troops undertake a nightmarish march following Custer’s last stand; seven marooned men at a remote polar station save the life of a naked young woman; a dropout skateboarder falls off a highway bridge and drowns in the river; a flight attendant is able to read her passenger’s minds; a time traveler witnesses Louis Riel’s botched execution; a city bus ride ends up crossing the entire country.

Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of 19 Knives, New Orleans is Sinking, and the travel book Ireland’s Eye. He has been short-listed for the O. Henry Prize and Best American Essays, won a Gold National Magazine Award in non-fiction, has twice won the Maclean-Hunter Endowment Award, and has been included in The Journey Prize Anthology
and Best Canadian Stories. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has taught at the University of Victoria, the Banff Center for the Arts, and now teaches at the University of New Brunswick, where he is fiction editor of The Fiddlehead.