Kevin Connolly 's five collections of poetry include Asphalt Cigar, a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award (first collection, Canada), Drift, winner of the Trillium Poetry Prize, and Revolver, finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. He teaches poetry in the MFA Program at the University of Guelph and has been faculty at the Banff Centre and the University of Toronto. A longtime critic and editor, he now runs the poetry program at House of Anansi, Canada's largest independent publisher.

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
6pm, Nov 7: How to be Happy Though Human