occupation birth_place nationality article_title name partner
writer , poet biloxi , mississippi canadian kevin connolly -lrb- writer -rrb-
 kevin connolly gil adamson
kevin connolly -lrb- writer -rrb-

kevin michael connolly -lrb- born 20 march 1962 -rrb- is a canadian poet , freelance editor and critic who was born in biloxi , mississippi and grew up in maple , ontario .
connolly has served as an editor for presses such as ecw press , house of anansi press and coach house press .
connolly graduated from york university in 1985 with a bachelor of arts with honors and currently resides in toronto with his partner , canadian writer gil adamson .
after leaving york university , connolly co-founded `` what ! ''
magazine with fellow york graduate , jason sherman .
`` what ! ''
magazine published from 1985 to 1993 and was considered highly influential .
connolly incorporates the strategies and technique of language poetry in his work and his poetry has appeared in a number of small presses , including `` the monika schnarre story '' and `` deathcake '' .
in 1998 , `` eye weekly '' -lrb- a `` toronto star '' newspaper based division -rrb- hired connolly to write columns on poetry , food and theatre but by 2004 he left to start working as an editor for coach house press .
