User:Ndorward

A little about me: an occasional proofreader, editor, writer, & typesetter who currently resides in Toronto (but hails from Halifax N.S.). Born in 1974. Current preoccupations:


 * jazz &mdash; I've played jazz piano off & on since I was a teenager; since 2002 have been writing articles and reviews for various jazz journals and online sites. There's an archive of them here if you're curious.


 * contemporary poetry &mdash; been on the backburner lately, but for many years ran a little mag called The Gig (currently on hiatus though there are a couple of things in the works). Proudest moment was working as annotator & advisor for Keith Tuma's Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry (OUP, 2001).


 * films &mdash; a more recent preoccupation, which means that I've been seeing a lot of things I missed when I was younger for the first time. A current member of the Cinematheque Ontario.


 * Killer Sudoku &mdash; not a fan of the regular kind, but this variant is one I find appealing.

Most of my contributions to Wikipedia are on these topics. I don't usually originate articles, just try to finesse the ones that already exist.... however, see the next bit...

Articles I've started

 * Paul Plimley
 * Uncle Silas
 * The House by the Churchyard
 * Lorez Alexandria
 * Phil Minton (started fresh after some bonehead deleted the old article)
 * Simon Fell
 * Karen Mac Cormack

Articles I've done substantial work on

 * Derek Bailey
 * John Butcher (musician)
 * Erstwhile Records
 * Jazz
 * Language poetry
 * Tony Oxley
 * Evan Parker
 * Rhythm changes
 * Randy Sandke