Ian McCulloch (April 18, 1957 - September 23, 2019) wasborn in Comox, B. C. and raised in Northern Ontario. He was theauthor of three books of poetry: The Moon of Hunger (Penumbra, 1982), The Efficiency of Killers (Penumbra, 1988) and Parablesand Rain (Penumbra, 1993), and three chapbooks, Balsam ToEase All Pains (Alburnum Press, 1998), A Box of Light (above/ground press, 2019), and Certain Humans (above/ ground press, 2020).
He was also the author of the novel Childforever(Mercury, 1996). A founding member of Northern Ontario's longest-runninginternational reading series, "The Conspiracy of 3, " he read twiceat Toronto's prestigious Harbourfront series. Two of his poemswere included in the anthology Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry forthe 21st Century (LUMMOX Press, 2018). His writing was deeplyinfluenced by family and his Indigenous heritage.
Ian was the fatherof three and married to poet and professor, Laurie Kruk.
He was also the author of the novel Childforever(Mercury, 1996). A founding member of Northern Ontario's longest-runninginternational reading series, "The Conspiracy of 3, " he read twiceat Toronto's prestigious Harbourfront series. Two of his poemswere included in the anthology Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry forthe 21st Century (LUMMOX Press, 2018). His writing was deeplyinfluenced by family and his Indigenous heritage.
Ian was the fatherof three and married to poet and professor, Laurie Kruk.