Jay Millar is a Toronto poet, editor, publisher, and virtual bookseller. The book I had picked up in class is called Double Helix, which is a collaborative “novel” written with Stephen Cain. The title it self caught my attention and after skimming through the book, I decided to go back and read couple of the peoms fully. While skimming through the books, the words and lines slowly grasped my attention. Than the titles made me want to read the poems properly. Titles like Embraces, Erotica and Silhouette. Double Helix is a book where the authors read and write peices through the alphabet and discuss everything from literature to the weather. This was inspired by DNAs, “Molecular strands of concepts, arguments, and narratives twist about each other, yet also match, much like the double helix of human DNA. ” Currently Jay teaches creative writing at George Brown College (wow! Do some writers teach at universities/colleges like my novel study book author, Michael Ondaatje). While looking through the book, the line that I loved is ” Most people dislike those I love, I love intensly”. I felt like that line had a connection with me and i liked it. Jay Millar’s works include: 
- False Maps for Other Creatures (2005)
- Mycological Studies (2002)
- The Ghosts of Jay MillAr (2000)
- the small blue (Fall 2007)
- Double Helix (2006)
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