J.S. Porter

Poet and essayist, J.S. Porter was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and educated at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has had a longtime interest in the arts. Formerly an arts contributor to Grail, in 1999 he received a Catholic Press award for his article on the German-Canadian sculptor Ted Rettig.

He has been a contributor to Poetry Ireland Review, Kentucky Poetry Review, Canadian Literature, The Antigonish Review, Quarry, Brick and the Literary Review of Canada. He has contributed articles and reviews to The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen, The National Post, The Hamilton Spectator and the electronic journal Hamilton Arts & Letters.

He is also the author of four books: The Thomas Merton Poems; Spirit Book Word: An Inquiry into Spirituality and Literature; Thomas Merton: Hermit at the Heart of Things; and The Glass Art of Sarah Hall.

Acknowledged for his literary achievements in the Canadian Who’s Who, he lives in Hamilton with his wife Cheryl and his dog Dylan.

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