Jim Nason

{{Short description|Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}

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Jim Nason is a Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario.John Barton, [https://albertaviews.ca/self-portrait-embracing-a-fabulous-beast/ "Self-Portrait Embracing a Fabulous Beast"]. Alberta Views, December 1, 2023. He is most noted for his poetry collection Rooster, Dog, Crow, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Raymond Souster Award in 2019.Deborah Dundas, "Poetry prize short lists released". Toronto Star, April 24, 2019.

He has also been nominated for several ReLit Awards, receiving nods in the Poetry category for Narcissus Unfolding in 2012 Steven W. Beattie, [https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/04/relit-very-longlists-announced/ "ReLit (very) longlists announced"]. Quill & Quire, September 4, 2012. and Touch Anywhere to Begin in 2017,[https://www.cbc.ca/books/zoe-whittall-jordan-abel-among-writers-shortlisted-for-relit-awards-1.4611186 "Zoe Whittall, Jordan Abel among writers shortlisted for ReLit Awards"]. CBC Books, April 9, 2018. and in the Short Fiction category for The Girl on the Escalator in 2012.

He published his debut poetry collection If Lips Were As Red in 1991, but put his writing career on hold for a number of years to work as a caregiver for people with HIV/AIDS. He returned to writing in the 2000s following the death of his partner,Jorge Antonio Vallejos, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/the-skin-jim-lives-in-4806 "The skin Jim lives in"]. Xtra Magazine, February 9, 2012. publishing the poetry collection The Fist of Remembering in 2006 and the novel The Housekeeping Journals, based in part on his own experiences as a caregiver, in 2007.Bob Armstrong, "Powerful tour through world few will experience". Winnipeg Free Press, September 23, 2007.

He became the owner and publisher of Tightrope Books in 2014.