Lewd, loving, delicately crafted, the poems of Clinical Studies focus on the processes we live by, both of the body and the heart — be it the birth of a child, the death of a parent, or the joys and pitfalls of the flesh. With unstinting clarity, candour, and wit, George Slobodzian's work partakes in the ongoing exploration and celebration of being that is lyrical poetry.

The son of a doctor and a nurse, George Slobodzian was born in 1962 in Saskatchewan. His poetry and prose have appeared in publications across Canada. He currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches literature at Dawson College. ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Clinical Studies is his first book-length collection of poetry.

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"George Slobodzian is ... an unillusioned materialist, ... pungent, funny, and visceral.... Slobodzian exuberantly affirms 'this wretched world.' Overhearing teens filling out a Cosmopolitan questionnaire, he realizes that 'love must be / a stalwart beast / to haul such crap / and remain intact.' Graphic, profane, and caustic, Clinical Studies ... is in fact a tender book, children, parents, extended relations, and lovers filling its pages with their heat."
— Andre Furlani, Canadian Literature, 2004

“George Slobodzian is ... an unillusioned materialist, ... pungent, funny, and visceral.... Slobodzian exuberantly affirms 'this wretched world.' Overhearing teens filling out a Cosmopolitan questionnaire, he realizes that 'love must be / a stalwart beast / to haul such crap / and remain intact.' Graphic, profane, and caustic, Clinical Studies ... is in fact a tender book, children, parents, extended relations, and lovers filling its pages with their heat.”

— Andre Furlani, Canadian Literature, 2004