John Metcalf is a writer, editor, critic, and jolly good fellow. He is the fiction editor for Biblioasis.

Praise for John Metcalf“[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.”—Washington Post“Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor.”—Los Angeles Times“Masterful . . . Harsh reality, hope, and caricature mingle in this tour de force. As Metcalf says in his previous book, 'Writing is very hard work but at the same time it is delightful play.'”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Incandescent . . . steeped in acid wit."—Literary Review of Canada"[Metcalf's] exacting eye and his ongoing willingness to call out what he considers substandard, inert, or deadening in our literary culture has earned him opprobrium . . . One need not agree with everything [he] says to find much to gnaw on in his analyses of the various ways literary technique and style . . . are too often downgraded or outright ignored. . . . While it’s amusing to wrestle with the temerity and gall of Metcalf’s settled esthetic standards . . . his achievement in translating this approach into practice as mentor and guiding light is invaluable and we are all in his debt."—Steven W. Beattie, Toronto Star

John Metcalf is a writer, editor, critic, and jolly good fellow. He is the fiction editor for Biblioasis.

Praise for John Metcalf“[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.”—Washington Post“Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor.”—Los Angeles Times“Masterful . . . Harsh reality, hope, and caricature mingle in this tour de force. As Metcalf says in his previous book, 'Writing is very hard work but at the same time it is delightful play.'”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Incandescent . . . steeped in acid wit."—Literary Review of Canada"[Metcalf's] exacting eye and his ongoing willingness to call out what he considers substandard, inert, or deadening in our literary culture has earned him opprobrium . . . One need not agree with everything [he] says to find much to gnaw on in his analyses of the various ways literary technique and style . . . are too often downgraded or outright ignored. . . . While it’s amusing to wrestle with the temerity and gall of Metcalf’s settled esthetic standards . . . his achievement in translating this approach into practice as mentor and guiding light is invaluable and we are all in his debt."—Steven W. Beattie, Toronto Star

John Metcalf is a writer, editor, critic, and jolly good fellow. He is the fiction editor for Biblioasis.

Praise for John Metcalf“[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.”—Washington Post“Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor.”—Los Angeles Times“Masterful . . . Harsh reality, hope, and caricature mingle in this tour de force. As Metcalf says in his previous book, 'Writing is very hard work but at the same time it is delightful play.'”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Incandescent . . . steeped in acid wit."—Literary Review of Canada"[Metcalf's] exacting eye and his ongoing willingness to call out what he considers substandard, inert, or deadening in our literary culture has earned him opprobrium . . . One need not agree with everything [he] says to find much to gnaw on in his analyses of the various ways literary technique and style . . . are too often downgraded or outright ignored. . . . While it’s amusing to wrestle with the temerity and gall of Metcalf’s settled esthetic standards . . . his achievement in translating this approach into practice as mentor and guiding light is invaluable and we are all in his debt."—Steven W. Beattie, Toronto Star