Jack Ross (born 6 November 1962) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, translator, editor and lecturer in creative writing. A trilogy of novels has been published by two different publishers,

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's Bumper Books (Volume 1) and Titus Books.

Biography

Born on Auckland's North Shore, Ross was raised and educated in the

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. After completing degrees in English and Italian at the

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, Ross was given a

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to study in the UK in and was awarded a PhD in English and Comparative Literature by the

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. He is a Lecturer specialising in Academic and Creative Writing at

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's Albany campus. From 2002 to 2005 Ross was editor of the literary magazine ''brief''. He has also edited other literary magazines ''The Pander'' (co-editor 1998–99), ''Spin'' (co-editor 1999–2003), ''

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'' (guest editor: issue 214, 2007), and ''Poetry NZ'' (guest editor: issue 38, 2008).

Criticism

Ross is little known outside New Zealand avant-garde literary circles. He was described by Richard Reeve in ''

'' as "a leading contributor to the field of experimental writing in New Zealand", Mark Houlahan remarked in ''New Zealand Books'' 5 (2) (June 2005): 14–15 that "Nobody else in New Zealand writes quite like Ross, though some of

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's fictions in ''The New Land'' are precedents." Other reviewers have been less positive: Laurence Jenkins wrote that "Not all the contents are evil, but the spirit of darkness certainly prevails," about ''Nights with Giordano Bruno'' n JAAM 16 (2001): 185 According to

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"Outside of literati farm, this sort of thing has a very limited life expectancy ... Can Ross move beyond this? Does he choose not to?" akahe 54 (2005) 63

Works

* ''City of Strange Brunettes''. (Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 1998) oems* (with Gabriel White) ''A Town like Parataxis''. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) oems / photos

* ''Nights with Giordano Bruno''. (Wellington: Bumper Books, 2000) ovel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 1)

* (with Gabriel White) ''The Perfect Storm''. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) oems / video* ''The Writing Skills Workshop''. prod. Robert van der Vyver (Otago University: Higher Education Development Centre, 2001) orkbook / video* ''Chantal's Book''. (Wellington: HeadworX, 2002) oems

* ''Monkey Miss Her Now''. (Auckland: Danger Publishing, 2004)

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* ''Trouble in Mind''. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2005) ovella

* ''A Bus Called Mr Nice Guy''. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2005) oems / travelogue* ''The Imaginary Museum of Atlantis''. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2006) ovel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 2)

* ''To Terezín''. Social and Cultural Studies, 8. ISSN 1175-7132 (Auckland: Massey University, 2007) oems / travelogue

* ''Papyri: Love Poems & Fragments from Sappho''. (Auckland: Soapbox Press, 2007) * ''EMO''. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2008) ovel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 3)ref> * ''The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander''. . (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009) oems* ''Kingdom of Alt''. . (Auckland: Titus Books, 2010) hort stories / novella Jack Ross has also edited and co-edited a number of publications.

References

* University of Massey Staff Pag
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' * Reading The Map

' * New Zealand Books 15 (2) (June 2005): 14–15" ' *

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External links

Author's HomepageHeadworX Publishers websiteMassey University websiteTitus Books website
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