Canadian poet Evan Jones [ ] lives in Manchester. His first collection of poetry, Nothing Fell Today But Rain (2003), was a finalist for the Governor-General's Literary Award for Poetry. He co-edited Modern Canadian Poets (2010) and has since published Paralogues (2012) and Later Emperors (2020). His translation from the Modern Greek, The Barbarians Arrive Today: Poems and Prose of C.P. Cavafy (2020), was a TLS Book of the Year.

'Men of the Same Name is a wry and highly aware account of our times by a poet so steeped in the classical world that ours feels almost ghostlike and transparent in comparison. Evan Jones conjures up a powerful imaginary space in which to eavesdrop on his mythic characters.'Sasha DugdaleIn Men of the Same Name, 'Evan Jones can see that poetic truth has its own validities and that reaching towards that truth is its own ever valuable pursuit.' Ian Pople, London Grip Poetry Review