Jane Eaton Hamilton

Eaton Hamilton (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet, who goes by "Hamilton", and uses they/their pronouns.

Hamilton has published the novel ''Weekend'' (Arsenal Pulp Press 2016), three books of poetry, ''Body Rain'' (Brick Books 1992) and ''Steam-Cleaning Love'' (Brick Books 1993), ''Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes'' (Caitlin Press, 2014), a poetry chapbook (''Going Santa Fe'', winner of the League of Canadian Poets Poetry Chapbook prize) and two volumes of short fiction ''July Nights and Other Stories'', (Douglas and McIntyre, 1991) and ''Hunger'', (Oberon, 2001). They are also the author, under the pseudonymous name of Ellen Prescott, of the memoir ''Mondays are Yellow, Sundays are Grey'' retitled ''No More Hurt'' which was included on the Guardian's Best Book of the Year list and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Their books have been shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes, the ReLit Award, the VanCity Award, the Pat Lowther Award, the Ferro-Grumley Award, and the MIND Book Prize.

Their short work has appeared in such publications as '' En Route'', ''The Sun'', ''The New York Times'', ''Maclean's'', ''Geist'', '' LARB, Guernica, the Missouri Review'', '' Gay Magazine, Salon'', ''The Rumpus'', ''The Globe and Mail'' and '' Seventeen''. They have won many awards for short work, including, twice, first prize in the CBC Literary Awards (2003/2014), 2015's Lit Pop Prize, judged by George Saunders, twice first prize in the Prism International Short Story Award, Canadian Poetry Chapbook of the Year from the League of Canadian Poets, the ''event'' Non-Fiction Award, and many others. They have had notable essays in BAE multiple times, and a notable short story in BASS. Work has appeared in the anthology series ''BAX 2020: Best American Experimental Writing''.

They were a litigant in the Canadian same-sex marriage case between 2000 and 2003. They spent several years as a photographer and for years volunteered for the organization Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

Since 2020, Hamilton has created a new series of small oil paintings.

Bibliography

* ''Would You Like a Little Gramma on Those'', chapbook, above/ground press, 2020
* ''Weekend'', novel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016
* ''Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes'', poetry, Caitlin Press, 2014
* ''No More Hurt,'' cnf, ebury/Random UK, 2011
* ''Hunger'', short fiction, Oberon Press 2002 (hardcover) (softcover)
* ''Going Santa Fe'', poetry, League of Canadian Poets, 1997,
* ''Steam-Cleaning Love'', poetry, Brick Books, 1993,
* ''July Nights'', short fiction, Douglas and McIntyre, 1992
* ''Body Rain'', poetry, Brick Books, 1991,
* ''Jessica's Elevator'', children's picture book, Press Porcépic, 1989, as J.A. Hamilton

Notable awards

* ''Splinter,'' Notable, Best American Essays, 2022
* ''Game Show,'' Best Canadian Poetry, 2020
* ''The Dead Green Man,'' Event, Notable, Best American Essays, 2021
* ''The Pleasure Scale,'' Gay Magazine, Notable, Best American Essays, 2021
* ''Battery,'' Best American Experimental Writing, 2020
* ''Splinter,'' second place, Malahat Review, cnf Contest, 2020
* ''The Dead Green Man,'' Event, winner, Non Fiction Contest, 2020
* ''The Nothing Between Your Legs,'' Notable, Best American Essays, 2019
* ''Skinning the Rabbit,'' Notable, Best American Essays, 2018
* ''Wish You Were Here'' Best Canadian Poetry, 2016
* ''Never Say I Didn't Bring You Flowers'', Notable, Best American Essays, 2016
* ''Battery,'' Lit Pop fiction, 2015, winner (judge: George Saunders)
* ''Smiley,'' CBC Canada Writes, fiction, 2014
* ''The Lost Boy'', CBC Literary Awards, first prize, fiction, 2003
* ''Territory'' Journey Prize anthology, 1999
* ''Goombay Smash'' Prism Int'l Short Fiction Prize, first, 1998, Best Canadian Stories, 1999
* ''Graduation'' Journey Prize anthology, 1998
* ''How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying)'' notable, Best American Short Stories, 1997
* ''Death in One Another's Arms'' story, cited, Pushcart Prize, 1989

Notable awards, books

* ''Weekend'' was longlisted for the ReLit Award
* ''Going Santa Fe'' won the 1997 League of Canadian Poets Canadian Poetry Chapbook Award
* ''July Nights'' was short-listed for the VanCity Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award in the BC Book Prizes
* ''Body Rain'' was short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award
* ''No More Hurt'' was shortlisted for the VanCity Award and the MIND book award
* ''Hunger'', 2003 Publishing Triangle Awards, Ferro Grumley Prize, finalist, longlisted Lambda Literary Award, 2004

See also

* Lesbian Poetry

References

External links

Eaton Hamilton's writing web site

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Infarct, I Did


Battery

Jane Eaton Hamilton: Biography

Anne Malcolm interview, Montreal, 2014

Westwood Creative Artists

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Living people
Canadian lesbian writers
1954 births
20th-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian poets
Canadian women poets
Canadian LGBTQ poets
Canadian women short story writers
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Chapbook writers
20th-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian short story writers
Canadian women novelists
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people