Eaton Hamilton (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet, who goes by "Hamilton", 2021 legal name “Eaton Hamilton" and uses they/their pronouns.

Hamilton has published the novel Weekend (Arsenal Pulp Press 2016), three books of poetry, Body Rain (Brick Books 1992) and Steam-Cleaning Love (Brick Books 1993), Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes (Caitlin Press, 2014), a poetry chapbook (Going Santa Fe, winner of the League of Canadian Poets Poetry Chapbook prize) and two volumes of short fiction July Nights and Other Stories, (Douglas and McIntyre, 1991) and Hunger, (Oberon, 2001). They are also the author, under the pseudonymous name of Ellen Prescott, of the memoir Mondays are Yellow, Sundays are Grey retitled No More Hurt which was included on the Guardian's Best Book of the Year list and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Their books have been shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes, the ReLit Award, the VanCity Award, the Pat Lowther Award, the Ferro-Grumley Award, and the MIND Book Prize.

Their short work has appeared in such publications as En Route, The Sun, The New York Times, Maclean's, Geist, LARB, Guernica, the Missouri Review, Gay Magazine, Salon, The Rumpus, The Globe and Mail and Seventeen. They have won many awards for short work, including, twice, first prize in the CBC Literary Awards (2003/2014),^[1] 2015's Lit Pop Prize, judged by George Saunders, twice first prize in the Prism International Short Story Award, Canadian Poetry Chapbook of the Year from the League of Canadian Poets, the event Non-Fiction Award, and many others. They have had Notable essays in BAE multiple times, and a Notable short story in BASS. Work has appeared in BAX 2020.

They were a litigant in the Canadian same-sex marriage case between 2000 and 2003. They spent several years as a photographer and for years volunteered for the organization Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Hamilton is also a visual artist. They have two grown daughters and four grandchildren. They are also a Master Gardener and visual artist.

Bibliography

• Would You Like a Little Gramma on Those, chapbook, above/ground press, 2020 ISBN 978-1-77460-127-3
• Weekend, novel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016 ISBN 1551526352
• Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes, poetry, Caitlin Press, 2014 ISBN 1927575575
• No More Hurt, cnf, ebury/Random UK, 2011 ISBN 0091943337
• Hunger, short fiction, Oberon Press 2002 ISBN 0-7780-1202-6 (hardcover) ISBN 0-7780-1203-4 (softcover)
• Going Santa Fe, poetry, League of Canadian Poets, 1997, ISBN 1-896216-06-4
• Steam-Cleaning Love, poetry, Brick Books, 1993, ISBN 0-919626-68-8'Jessica's Elevator, Press Porcépic
• July Nights, short fiction, Douglas and McIntyre, 1992 ISBN 1-55054-015-7
• Body Rain, poetry, Brick Books, 1991, ISBN 0-919626-50-5
• Jessica's Elevator, children's picture book, Press Porcépic, 1989, as J.A. Hamilton ISBN 0-88878-281-0

Notable awards

• Splinter, Notable, Best American Essays, 2022
• Game Show, Best Canadian Poetry, 2020
• The Dead Green Man, Event, Notable, Best American Essays, 2021
• The Pleasure Scale, Gay Magazine, Notable, Best American Essays, 2021
• Battery, Best American Experimental Writing, 2020
• Splinter, second place, Malahat Review, cnf Contest, 2020
• The Dead Green Man, Event, winner, Non Fiction Contest, 2020
• The Nothing Between Your Legs, Notable, Best American Essays, 2019
• Skinning the Rabbit, Notable, Best American Essays, 2018
• Wish You Were Here Best Canadian Poetry, 2016
• Never Say I Didn't Bring You Flowers, Notable, Best American Essays, 2016
• Battery, Lit Pop fiction, 2015, winner (judge: George Saunders)
• Smiley, CBC Canada Writes, fiction, 2014
• The Lost Boy, CBC Literary Awards, first prize, fiction, 2003
• Territory Journey Prize anthology, 1999
• Goombay Smash Prism Int'l Short Fiction Prize, first, 1998, Best Canadian Stories, 1999
• Graduation Journey Prize anthology, 1998
• How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying) notable, Best American Short Stories, 1997
• Death in One Another's Arms story, cited, Pushcart Prize, 1989

See also

• Lesbian Poetry

References

External links

• Eaton Hamilton's writing web site
• review, Weekend
• Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine review, Weekend
• review, Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes
• review, Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes
• Infarct, I Did
• Smiley
• Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Battery
• Never Say I Didn't Bring You Flowers
• Canadian Poetry Online
• Anne Malcolm interview, Montreal, 2014
• Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Westwood Creative Artists