on May 1, 2013. ON July 17, 2013, he wrote the article "The Case for the Head Case: If You Were the Class Daydreamer, You're Probably a Writer". Stripmalling screenplay Stripmalling is Fiorentino's first graphic novel, which was published in 2009. It is a semi-autobiographical, metafictional novel about an aspiring graphic novelist (named Jonny) who works at a gasoline station and his journey in writing his novel titled Stripmalling. The story is set in Transcona, Winnipeg. Fiorentino wrote the script with Katrina Best. The screenplay was optioned by Farpoint Films but as of March, 2018, Farpoint was no longer listing it among its current projects. Teaching Fiorentino taught at Concordia University in Montreal. From 2010 to 2012, he was an Assistant Professor (limited-term appointment) of Poetry, Prose, and Screenwriting within the English Department for Creative Writing from 2010 to 2012. Fiorentino was a part-time faculty member in the Concordia University faculty directory but no longer appeared on the Department of English's faculty member page as of January 2018. Investigation for sexual misconduct From 2017 to 2019, Fiorentino was under investigation by the university for sexual misconduct in connection to allegations of widespread sexual misconduct and abuse of power in Concordia's creative writing program. As of October 2019, Fiorentino is no longer employed at Concordia. The University confirms that the investigation is complete and refuses to release details to CBC due to privacy laws. Bibliography Transcona Fragments (Cyclops Press/Signature Editions, 2002) Resume Drowning (Broken Jaw Press, 2002) Hello Serotonin (Coach House Books, 2004) Post-Prairie: An Anthology of New Poetry (Talonbooks, 2005) (edited with Robert Kroetsch) Asthmatica (Insomniac Press, 2005) The Theory of the Loser Class (Coach House Books, 2006) Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke (WLU Press, 2008) Stripmalling: a novel (ECW Press, 2009) Indexical Elegies (Coach House Books, 2010) Needs Improvement (Coach House Books, 2013) I'm Not Scared Of You Or Anything (Anvil Press, 2014) Leaving Mile End (Anvil Press, 2017) References External links Jon Paul Fiorentino's website "Theory of the Writer Class." Interview with Melora Koepke. Hour, 26 February 2009 Montreal Mirror profile Quill & Quire review of Stripmalling Anglophone Quebec people Canadian male novelists Canadian male poets Canadian male short story writers Canadian people of Italian descent Concordia University alumni Living people University of Winnipeg alumni Writers from Montreal Writers from Winnipeg 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian male writers