The embattled nonpareil of Canadian fiction. The Argus-eyed editor. The magisterial prose stylist and indefatigable correspondent; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the idealist, the iconoclast, and the legend. Join John Metcalf as he descends into the literary underground he laboured so tirelessly to establish, and whose denizens - from Alice Munro to Mavis Gallant - often emerged as the greatest writers of their time.

John Metcalf is one of Canada's most distinguished literary editors, writers, critics, and anthologists. He has helped shape the sensibility of an entire group of emerging writers through his work at the Porcupine's Quill press. Known for his strong views about literary standards, Metcalf has nurtured some of our most essential writers, including Leon Rooke, Russel Smith, Terry Griggs, Caroline Adderson, Annabel Lyon, Andrew Pyper, Steven Heighton, Jane Urquhart, Elise Levine, Clarke Blaise, Michael Winter, and Mary Swan, among dozens of other fine authors.John Metcalf is the Senior Editor of Porcupine's Quill. An accomplished writer, editor, and anthologist, he is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction including "Adult Entertainment, The Lady Who Sold Furniture", and "Kicking Against the Pricks: Essays".

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