The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate James Lord Parker, MFA. James’s graduate thesis is an collection of poetry entitled Fat Heart Goes Pop.
James Lord Parker is a Scarborough-born writer and vocalist for the pop duo, Keep in Touch. His work has appeared in Scarborough Fair, Sewer Lid, SickNotWeak and other journals, as well as the Canadian anthologies, Feel Ways and Release any Words Stuck Inside You II. His debut EP, Scrapbook I, can be found on all streaming services.
Fat Heart Goes Pop is a collection of poetry which explores the ways that our upbringing and inherited traits influence who we are and who we become. This collection is made up of three parts which explore the different facets of this process: what we experience, how it impacts us, and who we eventually become. Scattered throughout the poems are moments of absurdity and humour to offset the darker tone of the subject matter, act as palate cleansers, and highlight that even in the bleaker moments of our lives, there is peace to be found.
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