BIOGRAPHY

Jacob Scheier is a poet and journalist from Toronto, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. His debut poetry collection, More to Keep us Warm (ECW Press, 2007) won the 2008 Governor General’s Award. The book was also named amongst 2008’s “best in verse” by The Winnipeg Free Press. His poems have appeared in several periodicals in North America, and he recently had a poem published in the anthology, Leonard Cohen: You're Our Man. As well, Jacob is a regular contributor to the Toronto alternative weekly, NOW and the progressive NYC newspaper The Indypendent. Jacob is also the former head editor of existere, York University’s journal of art and literature. He graduated from York in 2008 with an honors BA in Humanities.ar