Todd Swift
photo by Tony Kostadinov
Todd Swift is poetry editor of nthposition. Todd Swift was born in Montreal on Good Friday, 1966. He is the author or editor of eight books of poetry. In 1997 he was given the Young Quebecer of the Year Award in the Arts and Education category. From 1998 to 2001 he was Visiting Lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. In late 2001 he moved to Paris, where he lived and wrote for two years. He has been poetry editor of nthposition since 2002. In 2003 he was editorial coordinator for the global peace campaign, Poets Against The War. He has reviewed for Books in Canada and The Dubliner, among others. In 2004 he was Oxfam’s Poet-In-Residence. His latest collections are Rue du Regard (DC Books 2004) and a limited edition pamphlet, The oil and gas university.
