Jay Ruzesky

Jay Ruzesky was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1965 and now lives in Victoria. He is on the editorial board of The Malahat Review and is co-founder of Outlaw Editions. He has taught at the University of Victoria and, since 1990, at Malaspina University College in Duncan, BC. His titles include Am I Glad to See You, Painting the Yellow House Blue and several chapbooks. Jay has been featured in the anthologies Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets (Harbour), In the Clear (Thistledown) and Meltwater (Banff Centre) and in magazines such as Saturday Night, Prism International, Poetry Canada Review and Event.
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Blue Himalayan Poppies 978-0-88971-176-1 · 0-88971-176-3 · October 2001 · $16.95 Jay Ruzesky's best poetry of the past seven years. |

Jay Ruzesky was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1965 and now lives in Victoria. He is on the editorial board of The Malahat Review and is co-founder of Outlaw Editions. He has taught at the University of Victoria and, since 1990, at Malaspina University College in Duncan, BC. His titles include Am I Glad to See You, Painting the Yellow House Blue and several chapbooks. Jay has been featured in the anthologies Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets (Harbour), In the Clear (Thistledown) and Meltwater (Banff Centre) and in magazines such as Saturday Night, Prism International, Poetry Canada Review and Event.
