Tom Smart Poetry Brewster was the frail fifth

Brewster was the frail fifth child in a family unsettled by poverty

In Ayaz Pirani’s debut collection of stories

The Hidden Room (PQL)

mad or battered as some of his characters are

and Exile Quarterly

Tom Smart Poetry Brewster was the frail fifthArt curator and author, Tom Smart has written many award winning books and organized numerous exhibitions about Canadian and international art. He has worked in art galleries across Canada and the United States, including the Frick in Pittsburgh, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, where he was its executive director. His monographic exhibitions on east coast Canadian RealistsAlex Colville, Mary and Christopher