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David Arnason

David Arnason was born in Gimli, Manitoba, in 1940. He has a Master’s Degree from the University of Manitoba and a PhD from the University of New Brunswick. He divides his time between Winnipeg, where he teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba, and Gimli, where he does most of his writing. He has also taught Canadian literature and creative writing in Tasmania, Trier, and Strasbourg.His works include two collections of poetry, Marsh Burning and Skrag, and four collections of short stories: Fifty Stories and a Piece of Advice, The Circus Performer’s Bar, The Happiest Man in the World, and The Pagan Wall.

Books by David Arnason

Marshburning

The Best of All Possible Worlds

There Can Never be Enough

Baldur's Song

Wild Animals I Have Known

The Imagined City

The Demon Lover

King Jerry

Dragon and the Dry Goods Princess

If Pigs Could Fly

New Icelanders

The Pagan Wall

The Happiest Man in the World and Other Stories

Skrag

The Circus Performers' Bar