POETRY
Jacob is interviewed by NOW HEAR THIS!
http://nowhearthis.ca/blog/get_know_jacob_scheier
Jacob reads at Rochdale Rhymes and Reading Series
Thursday, March 31 @ 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor St. W.
Friday March 11th, 7:00 to 9:30pm Grand Ciel Bleu Bookstore Sudbury 705-675-6060 The LUminaries Reading Series presents poets ROCCO DE GIACOMO and JACOB SCHEIER click here for information | PRESS RELEASE
Sat. Sept 18 Jacob reads at Words Alive Literary Festival in Sharon, Ontario
http://www.wordsalive.ca/
Thurs. Sept 23rd Jacob reads at livewords reading series in Toronto, 7:30 pm, Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Avenue.
http://livewords.ca/
Tues, July 13 - Jacob reads at Word for Word Presents Poetry at Bryant Park in NYC, 7-8:30 pm
http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/wordforword.html
Dance adaptation of Jacob's poem, "How to Wrestle an Angel" favorably reviewed in The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/
theatre/a-mans-world-where-angels-fear-to-tread/article1515023/
Jacob's interview with rob mclennan
http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2009/11/12-or-20-questions-with-jacob-scheier.htm
Listen here for podcast of Jacob's IFOA reading:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/in-other-words/exclusive-podcast-jacob-scheier-at-the-ifoa/article1341732/?cid=art-rail-inotherwords
Read Jacob's interview with The Globe and Mail "In Other Words" Blog: http://www.theglobeandmail.com
/blogs/in-other-words/jacob-scheier-im-going-
to-read-some-jewy-and-commie-poemstonight/article1339897/
Jacob has three poems in latest issue of Prism International: “The Bus Ride that Became a Horror Movie,” “For Dave in Istanbul” and “A Love Poem.” Prism International 47.4 (Summer 2009). 3 pp.
http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/
“Postcard from Brooklyn.” Big City Lit Spring 2009 http://www.bigcitylit.com
Winner of 2008 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry.
“More to Keep Us Warm invites the reader into a world of hope, pain, laughter and forgiveness – elements that reconcile the human drama through the power of love and sheer poetic invention. With deep affection for his work, Jacob Scheier manages his debut collection with precision, grace and stunning metaphor.“
2008 Governor General’s Award Jury Comments
Reviews of More to Keep us Warm:
ECW Press Reviews - Prairie Fire
http://www.ecwpress.com/reviews/prairie_fire
ECW Press Reviews - Matrix
http://www.ecwpress.com/reviews/matrix
ECW Press - Scene Magazine
http://www.ecwpress.com/reviews/scene_magazine
ECW Press - Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.ecwpress.com/reviews/winnipeg_
free_press
From League of Canadian Poets President, D.C. Reid’s
website http://www.dcreid.ca/?p=56:
Jacob Scheier’s poetry has also been published in:
Descant, Geist, Misunderstandings Magazine, The White Wall Review, existere and The Claremont Review. He also has four poems appearing in a future issue of Rampike.
Read Some of Jacob Scheier’s published poems here:
http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/samples.php?i=13&s=32
http://www.bigcitylit.com/bigcitylit.php?inc=
spring09/poetry/scheier
http://www.descant.ca/issues/d135.html
http://www.geist.com/findings/dear-office-
homeland-security
Jacob is interviewed in the current issue of Existere - http://www.yorku.ca/existere/currentissue.html/
