Oughton, John P.

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OUGHTON, John P.

OUGHTON, John P. Canadian. Genres: Poetry. Career: Poet, teacher, and photographer. Has worked as a journalist in Egypt and Iraq and as a teacher in Japan; Coach House Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, editor; Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, part-time professor of communications, 2000-; Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, part- time professor of communications and literature, 2000-. Founding member of Creative Writing in Education for Teachers and Students listserve. Publications: POETRY: Taking Tree Trains, 1973; (and photographer) Gearing of Love, 1984; Mata Hari's Lost Words, 1987; Counting out the Millennium, 1996. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to periodicals. Address: 1430 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville, ON, Canada L6H 2L1. Online address: john.oughton@sheridanc.on.ca

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