Paul Gotro was born in 1952. He has worked at many occupations, from soldier to editor and more recently teacher, and has lived in several regions of Canada, from the Maritimes to the West Coast. His poetry, reviews, articles and essays have appeared internationally in numerous literary journals as well as in two anthologies and on many radio programmes. Now, the Memory is Paul Gotro's third collection of poetry, following Spider in the Sumac (Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1979) and Transitions (Harbour Publishing, 1984).