Jason Irwin was born in Jamestown, NY, in 1971 and grew up in Dunkirk, NY. He is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia and the MFA Poetry Program at Sarah Lawrence College. "Some Days It's a Love Story" won the Slipstream Chapbook contest in 2005. His poetry has appeared in Blue Collar Review, Miller's Pond, Sycamore Review, Confrontation, Lumina, Off the Coast, and many others. Jason's first book, WATERING THE DEAD, won the 2006/2007 Transcontinental Poetry Award and was published in 2008 by Pavement Saw Press.
