Tom Marshall (poet)

Thomas Archibald Marshall (April 9, 1938 – April 28, 1993) was a Canadian poet, critic and novelist.^[1]

Tom Marshall
Born	Thomas Archibald Marshall (1938-04-09)April 9, 1938 Niagara Falls, Ontario
Died	April 28, 1993(1993-04-28) (aged 55) Kingston, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Queen's University
Known for	Poet, critic and novelist
Notable work	The Essential Tom Marshall, 2012

Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario,^[1] he grew up in the United States.^[2] He was educated at Queen's University in Kingston, where he received his MA in 1965, writing his thesis on poet A. M. Klein.^[1][3] Marshall taught at the institution from 1964 until his death.^[1]

Marshall was the author of numerous poetry collections and novels,^[1] the poetry editor of Canadian Forum and the chief editor of Quarry.^[3]

At the time of his death in 1993, Marshall had completed a final novel, The Adventures of John Montgomery.^[4] The novel was posthumously published in 1995, and was reissued in 2014 as part of a series of historical novels set in Kingston.^[4] The Essential Tom Marshall, an anthology of his poetry compiled by David Helwig and Michael Ondaatje, was published in 2012.^[3]

Publications

Poetry

• The Beast With Three Backs, (with Tom Eadie and Colin Norman.) Quarry Press, Kingston, n.d.. (1965)
• The Silences of Fire. Macmillan, Toronto, 1969.
• Magic Water. Quarry Press, Kingston, 1971.
• The Earth Book. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1974.
• The White City. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1976.
• The Elements. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1980.
• Playing with Fire. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1984.
• Dance of the Particles. Kingston, Quarry Press, 1984.
• Ghost Safari. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1991.
• Some Impossible Heaven of the Senses. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1994.
• The Essential Tom Marshall, 2012

Criticism

• The Psychic Mariner: A Reading of the Poems of D.H. Lawrence. London and New York: Heineman and Viking Press, 1970. ISBN 9780670581900
• A. M. Klein. Edited and with an introduction by Tom Marshall. Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1970. ISBN 9780770003104
• Harsh and Lovely Land:The Major Canadian Poets and the Making of a Canadian Tradition. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1979. ISBN 9780774801072
• Multiple Exposures, Promised Lands:Essays on Canadian Poetry and Fiction. Kingston, Quarry Press, 1992. ISBN 9781550820478

Fiction

• Rosemary Goal. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1978. (Harper Collins, paper.)
• Glass Houses. Ottawa, Oberon Press, 1985.
• Adele at the End of the Day. Toronto, Macmillan, 1987. (Vintage Books, 1990.)
• Voices on the Brink. Toronto, Macmillan, 1988. (Faber and Faber,paper.)
• Changelings. Toronto, Macmillan, 1991. (McClelland and Stewart, paper.)
• Goddess Disclosing. Kingston, Quarry Press, 1992
• The Adventures of John Montgomery. Kingston, Quarry Press, 1995.