Jim Goar

Who is Jim Goar?

Jim Goar is a contemporary poet born in San Francisco, CA. In 2006, effing press made his chapbook, Whole Milk. Of this collection Scott Glassman at Rain Taxi stated that Goar's "clause-free declarative sentences are a perfect match for the edgy grade-school surrealism which guides us into emotional revelation.” Jordan Davis, in his Constant Critic article, included it amongst his best texts of the year. Seoul Bus Poems, his first full-length collection, was published by Ken Edwards' Reality Street. This collection was hailed as a "brilliant portrait of life in a foreign city" and "a glorious example of sparse language and observations." Positive reviews have also appeared in Intercapillary Space and etcetera. Rose Metal Press published his second collection, The Louisiana Purchase in November 2011. Scott Abels listed The Louisiana Purchase as a 'Best Poetry Book of 2011' at No Tell Motel. Since 2006, Goar’s poetry has appeared in magazines on both sides of the Atlantic including Poetry Wales, Blackbox Manifold, Jacket, Octopus, Harvard Review, and Cimarron Review. He's been invited to read his poetry at numerous locations around the world including the SoundEye Festival in Cork Ireland and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. past simple, the journal he edits, has had poems featured in the anthology: Best of the Net 2007 and is currently in its 10th issue. Goar is studying Jack Spicer's The Holy Grail at the University of East Anglia. .