jaz papadopoulos
is a writer, editor, educator, and artist based in Vernon, BC. From wilderness therapy to clowning to videography, they appreciate critical theory, intimacy, and the romance of communication. Specializing in lyrical prose, they enjoy the poetry of marketing, the immediacy of screenwriting, the assemblage of video, and the rigor of editing in all its forms.
I Feel That Way Too
jaz's debut verse novel, I Feel That Way Too, was released in September 2024.
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It was a McNally Robinson bestseller, and one of CBC's poetry collections to watch for.
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Order it online here, or from your favourite local independent bookstore!
(Don't forget to request it at your local library, too!)
Praise for I Feel That Way Too
"I Feel That Way Too cuts, and it must cut. These poems flay rape culture open in ways that discourse cannot ... While exacting in their critiques of socialized traumas and misogyny, papadopoulos also illuminates our interconnectedness with each other, with land and water, and with the sensory experiences that remind us we are alive."
- Amber Dawn, author of My Art is Killing Me
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"Heartful, haunting and relentlessly honest, I Feel That Way Too is the debut collection of a poet fiercely committed to the artistic vision and social impact of their craft ... This is one of those rare books that holds deep complexity and uncompromising truth, and is therefore a great gift."
- Kai Cheng Thom, author or A Place Called No Homeland
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"This notion of culture as a site of ideological struggle is a key theme of papadopoulos’s collection, in which meaning is distorted by misogyny."
- Review from The Ex-Puritan, written by Janet Pollock Millar
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"The originality of papadopoulos’s writing is extremely powerful—their imagery is imbued with the freshness of shock."
- Review from CV2, by hannah godfrey
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"The language papadopoulos utilizes is thick and rich with gymnastic, rhythmic density..."
- Review from rob mclennan's blog​​