Romancing Mary Jane

Romancing Mary Jane:
A Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana Grower
First edition cover of Canadian release
Author	Michael Poole
Country	Canada
Subject	Midlife crisis
Genre	Non-fiction, book^[1]
Publisher
Publication date	1998
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	272 pp.
ISBN	9781550547498

Romancing Mary Jane: A Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana Grower is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Michael Poole, first published in 1998 by . In the book, the author chronicles the regrettable consequences of his decision to cultivate marijuana on a commercial level. Goodreads called the book, an "engaging blend of metaphysics, marijuana, and midlife crisis."^[1] A panel of Wilfrid Laurier University judges called Poole's writing, "sheer competence".^[2]

Awards and honours[]

Romancing Mary Jane received the 1998 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Goodreads, Romancing Mary Jane, Book review, Retrieved 11/25/2012
^ ^a ^b Faculty of Arts, 1999, Edna Staebler Award Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Michael Poole, Retrieved 11/25/2012

External links[]

D&M Publishers Inc., Michael Poole, Home page, Retrieved 11/23/2012

v t Winners of the Edna Staebler Award
1990s	Susan Mayse, Ginger (1991) Marie Wadden, Nitassinan, (1992) Liza Potvin, White Lies (for my mother) and Elizabeth Hay, The Only Snow in Havana (1993) Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life (1994) Denise Chong, The Concubine's Children (1995) George G. Blackburn, The Guns of Normandy (1996) Anne Mullens, Timely Death (1997) Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King (1998) Michael Poole, Romancing Mary Jane (1999)
2000s	Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows (2000) Taras Grescoe, Sacré Blues (2001) Tom Allen, Rolling Home (2002) Alison Watt, The Last Island (2003) Andrea Curtis, Into the Blue (2004) Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret (2005) Francis Chalifour, After (2006) Linden MacIntyre, Causeway (2007) Bruce Serafin, Stardust (2008) Russell Wangersky, Burning Down the House (2009)
2010s	John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life (2010) Helen Waldstein Wilkes, Letters from the Lost (2011) Joshua Knelman, Hot Art (2012) Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss (2013) Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (2014) , Birding with Yeats (2015) , The Prison Book Club (2016) , Red Star Tattoo (2017) Pauline Dakin, Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (2018) Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road (2019)

v t Cannabis in Canada
Legal history
By location	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Canadian Indian reserves
Legislation	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) Cannabis Act
Political advocacy	Bloc pot (Quebec) British Columbia Marijuana Party Marijuana Party (federal) Saskatchewan Marijuana Party
People	Jodie Emery Marc Emery Grant Krieger Dana Larsen Blair Longley Ron Marzel Marc-Boris St-Maurice Hugô St-Onge Brian Taylor
Media	Bad Seeds Canadian Strain The Culture High Grass (1999) Hidden Harvest Pot TV Romancing Mary Jane The Union: The Business Behind Getting High Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It Voulez-vous coucher avec God?
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Romancing Mary Jane

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