Jim W. Goar (born 1975) is an American contemporary poet.
Biography Goar was born in San Francisco and educated at Naropa University, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree, and the University of East Anglia, where he received a PhD. In 2006, effing press made his chapbook, Whole Milk. Of this collection Scott Glassman at Rain Taxi stated that Goar's "clause-free declarative sentences are a perfect match for the edgy grade-school surrealism which guides us into emotional revelation.”Glassman, Scott. Rain Taxi. Online Summer, 2006. Jordan Davis, in his Constant Critic article, included it amongst his best texts of the year.Davis, Jordan. Constant Critic. 3rd para, 2006. http://www.constantcritic.com/jordan_davis/seven_palms/ Seoul Bus PoemsGoar, Jim. Seoul Bus Poems. Reality Street, 2010 (2010), his first full-length collection, was published by Ken Edwards' Reality Street. This collection was hailed as a "brilliant portrait of life in a foreign city"McDermott, Annie. The Literateur, 2010. http://literateur.com/seoul-bus-poems-by-jim-goar/ and "a glorious example of sparse language and observations."Gimblett, John. Stride Magazine, 2010. http://www.stridemagazine.co.uk/Stride%20mag2010/August2010/Furniss%20Goar%20review.htm Positive reviews have also appeared in Intercapillary SpacePeverett, Michael. Intercapillary Space, 2010. and etcetera.Van Egghen, Rovert. etcetera, 2010. https://etceterart.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-reviews.html Rose Metal Press published his second collection, The Louisiana PurchaseGoar, Jim. The Louisiana Purchase. Rose Metal Press, 2011 in November 2011. Scott Abels listed The Louisiana Purchase as a 'Best Poetry Book of 2011' at No Tell Motel.Abels, Scott. No Tell Motel, 2011. https://notellpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-poetry-books-of-2011-scott-abels.html Since 2006, Goar's poetry has appeared in magazines including Poetry Wales, Blackbox Manifold, Typo, Jacket, Octopus, Harvard Review, OmniVerse, Cream City Review, and Cimarron Review. He's been invited to read his poetry at the SoundEye FestivalGoar, Jim. The SoundEye Festival, 2009. https://theavant.wordpress.com/programme/ in Cork Ireland and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. past simple, the journal he edits, has had poems featured in the anthology: Best of the Net 2007Smith, Erin, ed. 2007 Best of the Net Anthology. Sundress Publications, 2007. http://www.sundresspublications.com/bestof/2007/about.htm and is currently in its 10th issue.
Bibliography Whole Milk (Effing Press, 2006) Seoul Bus Poems (Reality Street, 2010) The Louisiana Purchase (Rose Metal Press, 2011) The Dustbowl (Shearsman Books, 2014)
Anthologies The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel (No Tell Books, 2006) Dear World & Everyone In It: new poetry in the UK (Bloodaxe Books, 2013)
References
External links Michael Peverett's review of Seoul Bus Poems Annie McDermott's review of Seoul Bus Poems