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Contributions to Anthologies


Jack Reading (2006)

Contents:

  1. Love Letters and Other Correspondences: An Artist Curated Book by Roseanne Bartley. ISBN 978-0-646-89402-7 (Melbourne: Press Print, 2024): 61.
  2. Let It Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Mārama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation. Ed. Antonella Sarti Evans & Maringikura Mary Campbell, with Abby Hauraki, Dayle Takitimu, & Kumiko Sato Jacolin (Paekakariki, NZ: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2023): 114 & 196.
  3. The Road Not Taken: A Global Short Story Journey. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn (USA: Lee and Penn Publishing, 2023): 262-65.
  4. From the Fringe of Heaven: Titirangi Poets. Ed. Piers Davies, Ron Riddell, Amanda Eason, and Gretchen Carroll (Auckland: Printable Reality, 2022): 103.
  5. Breach of All Size: Small Stories on Ulysses, love and Venice. Ed. Michelle Elvy & Marco Sonzogni (Wellington: The Cuba Press, 2022): 80-81.
  6. Singlets, Briefs & Shorts: An Anthology of Poems from the Show Me Shorts! New Zealand Short Film Festival 2020. Ed. Trevor M. Landers. PMT Press in association with 99% Press. (Auckland: Lasavia Publishing Ltd., 2021): 88-89.
  7. The Ultimate Reader of Love for the Book: An Anthology of Writers Deeply Concerned about Massive Book Disposals occurring at the National Library of New Zealand / Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa (the wellsprings of knowledge). Ed. William (Bill) Direen. (NZ: Phantom Billstickers, 2021): 34.
  8. Food, Migration, and Diversity: The Many Flavors of the Short Story. Ed. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn. (USA: Lee and Penn Publishing, 2021): 525-31.
  9. 8 Poems by New Zealand Poets 2019. Designed by Tara McLeod (Auckland: The Pear Tree Press, 2019): [14-15].
  10. Manawatu Writers' Festival 2018: Poetry. Ed. Rachel Doré & Chris Gallavin (Feilding: Manawatu Writers' Festival, 2018): [10].
  11. Divine Muses XV: To Siobhan Harvey with thanks from your fellow poets. Ed. Jane Sanders (Auckland: Jane Sanders Art Agent, 2018): vii.
  12. Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand. Ed. Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan & James Norcliffe (Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2018): 188 & 268-72.
  13. The Radiance of the Short Story: Short Fiction from around the Globe. Ed. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn. (Lisboa: Editora Edições Humus, Lda, 2018): 551-58.
  14. Pilot 2018: A Diary for Writers. Ed. Karen Bateman et al. (Melbourne & South Gippsland: Pilot Press, 2017): 12.
  15. Forty Years of Titirangi Poets. Edited by Ron Riddell (Auckland: Printable Reality, 2017): 106.
  16. Tremble: The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 2016. Poems chosen By Simon Armitage, Merlinda Bobis, Michelle Cahill & Jack Ross. Edited by Niloofar Faniyan & Monica Carroll. ISBN 978-1-74088-448-8 (University of Canberra: IPSI – International Poetry Studies Institute, 2016).
  17. An Encounter in the Global Village: Selected Stories from the 14th International Conference on the Short Story in English (English-Chinese). Edited by Hengshan Jin. ISBN 978-7-5675-5217-3 (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2016): 366-77.
  18. Influence and Confluence: East and West. A Global Anthology on the Short Story. Edited by Maurice A. Lee. ISBN 978-7-5675-5183-1 (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2016): 388-95.
  19. Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays from Aotearoa New Zealand. Edited by Ingrid Horrocks & Cherie Lacey. ISBN 978-177-65607-0-7 (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016): 135-49.
  20. Verbivoracious Festschrift Volume Three: The Syllabus. Edited by G. N. Forester and M. J. Nicholls. ISBN 978-981-09-3593-1 (Singapore: Verbivoracious Press, 2015): 209-10.
  21. Truth or Beauty: Biographical Poetry by Participants in Truth or Beauty: Poetry and Biography, Victoria University of Wellington, 26-28 November 2014. Edited by Anna Jackson, Helen Rickerby & Angelina Sbroma. ISBN 978-0-473-30841-4 (Wellington: Seraph Press, 2014): 39-40.
  22. Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page. Edited by Siobhan Harvey, James Norcliffe, & Harry Ricketts. ISBN 978-1-77553-459-4. Godwit (Auckland: Random House New Zealand Ltd., 2014): 232.
  23. Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems. Edited by Paula Green. ISBN 978-1-86979-762-1. Godwit (Auckland: Random House New Zealand Ltd., 2012): 55 & 104-5.
  24. Eye Street Book: Poems by Jack Ross, Raewyn Alexander, Rosetta Allan, Ila Selwyn, Alice Hooton, Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway & Lee Dowrick. Edited by Raewyn Alexander. ISBN 978-0-473-20575-1 (Auckland: Bright Communications, 2012) 7-14.
  25. The Winding Stair. Edited by Ila Selwyn and Lesley Smith. ISBN: 978-0-9582895-9-7. (Titirangi: Lopdell House Gallery, 2011) 22-23.
  26. 99 Ways into NZ Poetry. By Paula Green & Harry Ricketts. ISBN 978-1-86979-178-0. (Auckland: Random House, 2010) 364-65.
  27. Wildes Licht: Poems / Gedichte aus Aotearoa Neuseeland (English-German). Edited & translated by Dieter Riemenschneider. ISBN 978-0-473-15909-2. (Kronberg: Tranzlit, 2010) 70-74.
  28. Corno inglese. An anthology of Eugenio Montale's poetry in English translation. Edited by Marco Sonzogni. ISBN-13: 978-88-7536-203-4. (Novi Ligure: Edizioni Joker, 2009) 218-19.
  29. Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals. Edited by Siobhan Harvey. ISBN 978-1-86962-160-5. (Auckland: Godwit, 2009) 73-74.
  30. Just Another Fantastic Anthology: Auckland in Poetry. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 978-0-473-13767-0. (Auckland: Antediluvian Press, 2008) 42-43 & 64.
  31. The Word for Food: Recipes and Anecdotes from members of the International Writers’ Workshop, and others. Ed. Joyce Irving (Palmerston North: Heritage Press Ltd., 2008) 98-99.
  32. A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems about Sex. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 978 1 86940 403 1 (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008) 20-21.
  33. Poetry Pudding: A Delicious collection of Rhyme and Wit. Edited by Jenny Argante. Illustrations by Debbie Tipuna. ISBN-10 1 86978 006 X; ISBN-13 978 1 86978 006 7 (Auckland: Reed, 2007) 28-29.
  34. Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture. Edited by Misha Kavka, Jennifer Lawn & Mary Paul. ISBN-10 1 877372 23 4; ISBN-13 978 1 877372 23 0 (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2006). 68-79.
  35. Summer Book from Eye Street. Edited by Raewyn Alexander. ISBN 0254-0193 (Auckland: Bright Communications, 2005) 1-8.
  36. Tupelo Hotel: Winter Readings at Tupelo. Edited by Mark Pirie. ISBN 1-86942-046-2. (Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004) 30-31.
  37. “Greatest Hits” – JAAM 21, An Anthology of Writing 1984-2004. Edited by Michael O’Leary & Mark Pirie. ISBN 1-86942-038-1 (Wellington: JAAM Publishing Collective in association with HeadworX / Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004) 168-70.
  38. Complete with Instructions. Edited by David Howard. ISBN 0-473-07646-2 (Christchurch: Firebrand, 2001) 33-61.
  39. Something Between Breaths: A Collection of Poetry from New Zealand. Edited by Patricia Prime. ISSN 0254-0193. SELL: Series in English Language and Literature, 54 (New Delhi: Bahri Publications, 2000) 80-82.
  40. All Together Now! A Celebration of New Zealand Culture by 100 Poets. Edited by Tony Chad. ISBN 0-473-07325-0 (Wellington: Valley Micropress, 2000) 85.
  41. Jewels in the Water: Recent New Zealand Poetry for Younger Readers. Edited by Terry Locke. ISBN 0 9583655 4 7 (Hamilton: Leaders Press, 2000) 88.
  42. Here After. Living with Bereavement: Personal Experiences and Poetry. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 0 473 06399 9 (Auckland: Antediluvian Press, 2000) 35-40.
  43. When the Sea Goes Mad at Night (anthology). Poems by Alison Denham, Robin McConnell, Theresia Liemlienio Marshall, Jade Reidy, Jack Ross, and Apirana Taylor. Edited by Theresia Liemlienio Marshall. ISBN 0-473-06460-X (Birkenhead, Auckland: Christian Gray New Zealand, 1999-2000) 86-100.
  44. Tango, “a literary rage”. Auckland University Literary Handbook 1982. Ed. David Eggleton (Auckland: Auckland University Students’ Association, 1982) 14.



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Love Letters and Other Correspondences
[An Artist Curated Book by Roseanne Bartley]


[2024]: Love Letters and Other Correspondences. An Artist Curated Book by Roseanne Bartley. ISBN 978-0-646-89402-7 (Melbourne: Press Print, 2024): 61.


BECN







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Let it Rain E ua te ua
[Ed. Antonella Sarti Evans & Maringikura Mary Campbell]


[2024]: Let It Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Mārama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation. Ed. Antonella Sarti Evans & Maringikura Mary Campbell, with Abby Hauraki, Dayle Takitimu, & Kumiko Sato Jacolin (Paekakariki, NZ: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2023): 114 & 196:


I ♥ NZ
The Darkness



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The Road Not Taken: A Global Short Story Journey
[Ed. Maurice A Lee & Aaron Penn]


[2023]: The Road Not Taken: A Global Short Story Journey. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn (USA: Lee and Penn Publishing, 2023): 262-65:


The Cat's Veto







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From the Fringe of Heaven
[Ed. Piers Davies, Ron Riddell, Amanda Eason, & Gretchen Carroll]


[2022]: From the Fringe of Heaven: Titirangi Poets. Ed. Piers Davies, Ron Riddell, Amanda Eason, & Gretchen Carroll (Auckland: Printable Reality, 2022): 103:


Faith Hill



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Breach of All Size
[Ed. Michelle Elvy & Marco Sonzogni]


[2022]: Breach of All Size: Small Stories on Ulysses, love and Venice. Ed. Michelle Elvy & Marco Sonzogni. (Wellington: The Cuba Press, 2022): 80-81:


Skeleton tracks



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Singlets, Briefs & Shorts
[Ed. Trevor M. Landers]


[2021]: Singlets, Briefs & Shorts: An Anthology of Poems from the Show Me Shorts! New Zealand Short Film Festival 2020. Ed. Trevor M. Landers. PMT Press in association with 99% Press (Auckland: Lasavia Publishing Ltd., 2021): 88-89:


Just Like the Others






[2021]: The Ultimate Reader of Love for the Book: An Anthology of Writers Deeply Concerned about Massive Book Disposals occurring at the National Library of New Zealand / Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa (the wellsprings of knowledge). Ed. William (Bill) Direen. (NZ: Phantom Billstickers, 2021): 34:


Library Dreaming: Wallace Stevens Meets the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang






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Food, Migration, and Diversity
[Ed. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn]


[2021]: Food, Migration, and Diversity: The Many Flavors of the Short Story. Ed. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn. (USA: Lee and Penn Publishing, 2021): 525-31:


The Station



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[2019]: 8 Poems by New Zealand Poets 2019. Designed by Tara McLeod (Auckland: The Pear Tree Press, 2019): [14-15]:


The Oceanic Feeling





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Manawatu Writers' Festival Opening Ceremony (Friday 6th September 2018)


[2018]: Manawatu Writers' Festival 2018: Poetry. Ed. Rachel Doré & Chris Gallavin (Feilding: Manawatu Writers' Festival, 2018): [10]:


Kissing the Blarney Stone




[2018]: Divine Muses XV: To Siobhan Harvey with thanks from your fellow poets. Ed. Jane Sanders (Auckland: Jane Sanders Art Agent, 2018): vii:


Divine Muses XV







[2018]: Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand. Ed. Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan & James Norcliffe (Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2018): 188 & 268-72:


The Storm
The Shadow-Line, or: What’s the difference between micro-fiction & prose poetry?




Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (2018)
[Photograph: Bronwyn Lloyd]




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The Radiance of the Short Story
[Photograph: Bronwyn Lloyd]


[2018]: The Radiance of the Short Story: Short Fiction from around the Globe. Ed. Maurice A. Lee & Aaron Penn. (Lisboa: Editora Edições Humus, Lda, 2018): 551-58:


Catfish






[2017]: Pilot 2018: A Diary for Writers. Ed. Karen Bateman et al. Melbourne & South Gippsland: Pilot Press, 2017. 12:


Starting (and Stopping) a Poem




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Forty Years of Titirangi Poets


[2017]: Forty Years of Titirangi Poets. Ed. Ron Riddell. Auckland: Printable Reality, 2017. 106:


Two Fords




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Tremble


[2016]: Tremble: The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 2016. Poems chosen By Simon Armitage, Merlinda Bobis, Michelle Cahill & Jack Ross. Ed. Niloofar Faniyan & Monica Carroll. University of Canberra: IPSI – International Poetry Studies Institute, 2016.

Online Text:

Tremble



Simon Armitage (photo: Wolfgang Webster)




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[2016]: An Encounter in the Global Village: Selected Stories from the 14th International Conference on the Short Story in English (English-Chinese). Ed. Hengshan Jin. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2016. 366-77:


Company




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[2016]: Influence and Confluence: East and West. A Global Anthology on the Short Story. Ed. Maurice A. Lee. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2016. 388-95:


Eketahuna




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[2016]: Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand. Edited by Ingrid Horrocks & Cherie Lacey. ISBN 978-177-65607-0-7 (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016): 135-49:


On the Road to Nowhere: Revisiting Samuel Butler’s Erewhon


Reviews & Comments:

  1. Nicholas Reid. Reid's Reader (5/9/16):

    The other most overtly literary excursion is Jack Ross’s “On the Road to Nowhere”, setting a reading of landscape against Samuel Butler’s Erewhon (and labouring long over the question of why Butler kept changing his description of the statues that guard Butler’s imagined land.)



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[2015]: Verbivoracious Festschrift Volume Three: The Syllabus. Edited by G.N. Forester and M.J. Nicholls. ISBN 978-981-09-3593-1 (Singapore: Verbivoracious Press, 2015): 209-10:


Adam Thirlwell – Miss Herbert [2007]




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[2014]: Truth or Beauty: Biographical Poetry by Participants in Truth or Beauty: Poetry and Biography, Victoria University of Wellington, 26-28 November 2014. Edited by Anna Jackson, Helen Rickerby & Angelina Sbroma. ISBN 978-0-473-30841-4 (Wellington: Seraph Press, 2014): 39-40:


Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz






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[2014]: Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page. Edited by Siobhan Harvey, James Norcliffe, & Harry Ricketts. ISBN 978-1-77553-459-4. Godwit (Auckland: Random House New Zealand Ltd., 2014): 232:


Trying to Write



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[2012]: Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems. Edited by Paula Green. ISBN 978-1-86979-762-1. Godwit (Auckland: Random House New Zealand Ltd., 2012) 55 & 104-5:


The Miracle
After Apollinaire

Online Text:

Percutio



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[2012]: Eye Street Book: Poems by Jack Ross, Raewyn Alexander, Rosetta Allan, Ila Selwyn, Alice Hooton, Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway & Lee Dowrick. Edited by Raewyn Alexander. ISBN 978-0-473-20575-1 (Auckland: Bright Communications, 2012) 7-14:


Roadworks: City Geography

Tentacles of Destruction
Tron
Slave 4 U
Signs & Portents
School
Millennium Sermon
Poetry Weekend

Online Text:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2011]: The Winding Stair. Edited by Ila Selwyn and Lesley Smith. ISBN: 978-0-9582895-9-7. (Titirangi: Lopdell House Gallery, 2011) 22-23:


Hamilton Stations of the Cross
Shorts: At the Magician's House
Shorts: Destructive Element



Samples:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2010]: 99 Ways into NZ Poetry. By Paula Green & Harry Ricketts. ISBN 978-1-86979-178-0. (Auckland: Random House, 2010) 364-65:


Disorder and Early Sorrow



Reviews & Comments:

  1. Tony Green, "99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry,” by Paula Green and Harry Ricketts. Accumulations: words as they come to hand (November 3, 2010):

    For whatever reason Jack Ross, who is published pretty well everywhere, is offered as an alternative experimenter to Leigh Davis. With the supposed advantage that his work has heart, rather than being cerebral.



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[2010]: Wildes Licht: Poems / Gedichte aus Aotearoa Neuseeland (English-German). Edited & translated by Dieter Riemenschneider. ISBN 978-0-473-15909-2. (Kronberg: Tranzlit, 2010) 70-74:


Situations i: Albany
Situations ii: CBD



Samples:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2009]: Corno inglese. An anthology of Eugenio Montale's poetry in English translation. Edited by Marco Sonzogni. ISBN-13: 978-88-7536-203-4. (Novi Ligure: Edizioni Joker, 2009) 218-19:


Eel


Samples:

Joker Edizioni



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[2009]: Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals. Edited by Siobhan Harvey. ISBN 978-1-86962-160-5. (Auckland: Godwit, 2009) 73-74:


Zero at the Bone






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[2008]: Just Another Fantastic Anthology: Auckland in Poetry. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 978-0-473-13767-0. (Auckland: Antediluvian Press, 2008) 42-43 & 64:


Unsent Letter to a Celeb
Morning at a Language School



Samples:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2008]: The Word for Food: Recipes and Anecdotes from members of the International Writers’ Workshop, and others. Ed. Joyce Irving (Palmerston North: Heritage Press Ltd., 2008) 98-99:


Hot rolls




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[2008]: A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems about Sex. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 978 1 86940 403 1 (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008) 20-21:


Aubade

Samples:

Auckland University Press

Online Text:

Works and Days



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[2007]: Poetry Pudding: A Delicious collection of Rhyme and Wit. Edited by Jenny Argante. Illustrations by Debbie Tipuna. ISBN-10 1 86978 006 X; ISBN-13 978 1 86978 006 7 (Auckland: Reed, 2007) 28-29:


Noughts and Crosses




Samples:

Reed

Online Text:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2006]: Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture. Edited by Misha Kavka, Jennifer Lawn & Mary Paul. ISBN-10 1 877372 23 4; ISBN-13 978 1 877372 23 0 (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2006). 68-79:


from Tiger Country

I – Goodbye Love
II – Tiger Country
Disorder and Early Sorrow
III – Breast Cancer Doesn’t Just Affect Women
Last Night at the Party

Samples:

Otago University Press

Reviews & Comments:

  1. Anna Jackson. The Dominion Post Weekend (24/2/2007) 19.

    Poetry by Bill Manhire is showcased along with works by Jack Ross and Olivia Macassey, exciting poets who might usually be considered on the fringes of New Zealand poetry. Here, their poetry seems to belong at the centre, the unsettled mode of the Antipodean gothic where it is most at home. There may be readers who buy this book for this poetry and the art reproductions even if they plan on skipping the essays. …

  2. Andrew Paul Wood. "Black Celebration." NZ Listener (March 3-9, 2007):

    Yes, there is overwrought poetry: Olivia Macassey and Jack Ross (I probably would have picked Richard Reeve for his high anxiety and low humour) ... Gothic NZ is worth it for the good bits, but all too often is more camp than gothic. Don’t expect to find anything nasty in the woodshed.

  3. Tim Corballis & Ingrid Horrocks. "Our dark secrets." NZ Books (Spring 2007): 14.

    Our “dark secret” might be the violence of our colonial past (Misha Kavka and Sarah Shieff), unacknowledged poverty (Martin Edmond), the punitive treatment and pervasiveness of depressive illness (David Craig, in one of the most nuanced pieces in the collection), or the fragmented condition of postmodern self and society (Jack Ross). Surprisingly, there is little discussion of the loneliness of living in a small, sparsely populated country, something that might amount to the sublime of isolation. Are we finally over this? There is also little mention of domestic violence or child abuse, recently described as New Zealand’s “dark secret” by Silvia Cartwright.

  4. Ann Hardy. "Small-town Melancholy." JNZl 25 (2007): 178-81.

    To reinforce their case, which is elaborated from slender preexisting evidence, the editors have also made the unusual move of including other material which performs rather than analyses the gothic. The photographs have the most impact: deadpan, spooky images by Yvonne Todd here find a particularly productive context ... There are also poems by Bill Manhire, Jack Ross and Olivia Macassey which explore themes of ‘disorder and early sorrow’ (p. 76) including the lingering pain/pleasure of contemplating vanished lives. In its mixed-media richness this is at times a sensuous and intriguing book which collages some of the best of New Zealand writing and art.



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[2005]: Summer Book from Eye Street. Edited by Raewyn Alexander. ISBN 0254-0193 (Auckland: Bright Communications, 2005) 1-8:


Seven Levels of the Waterfall

I – Hill Country
II – Golden Triangle
III – Air-con Bus
IV – Ayutthaya
V – Rafthouse
VI – Erawan
VII – Bangkok

Online Text:

The Imaginary Museum



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[2004]: Tupelo Hotel: Winter Readings at Tupelo. Edited by Mark Pirie. ISBN 1-86942-046-2. (Paekakariki: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004) 30-31:


Bodily Rememberment
Burmese Days

Samples:

HeadworX



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[2004]: “Greatest Hits” – JAAM 21, An Anthology of Writing 1984-2004. Edited by Michael O’Leary & Mark Pirie. ISBN 1-86942-038-1 (Wellington: JAAM Publishing Collective in association with HeadworX / Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004) 168-70:


There’s Something about Chantal
All at Sea

Samples:

HeadworX



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[2001]: Complete with Instructions. Edited by David Howard. ISBN 0-473-07646-2 (Christchurch: Firebrand, 2001) 33-61:


Imaginary Toads in Real Gardens: Poets in Christchurch



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[2000]: Something Between Breaths: A Collection of Poetry from New Zealand. Edited by Patricia Prime. ISSN 0254-0193. SELL: Series in English Language and Literature, 54 (New Delhi: Bahri Publications, 2000) 80-82:


Antipodes
1 – Midsummer Xmas
2 – Strange Meeting
3 – Morning Swim
4 – Commuter
I ♥ NZ
The Reason Why



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[2000]: All Together Now! A Celebration of New Zealand Culture by 100 Poets. Edited by Tony Chad. ISBN 0-473-07325-0 (Wellington: Valley Micropress, 2000) 85:


City Face



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[2000]: Jewels in the Water: Recent New Zealand Poetry for Younger Readers. Edited by Terry Locke. ISBN 0 9583655 4 7 (Hamilton: Leaders Press, 2000) 88:


Angel



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[2000]: Here After. Living with Bereavement: Personal Experiences and Poetry. Edited by Stu Bagby. ISBN 0 473 06399 9 (Auckland: Antediluvian Press, 2000) 35-40:


Jack



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[1999-2000]: When the Sea Goes Mad at Night (anthology). Poems by Alison Denham, Robin McConnell, Theresia Liemlienio Marshall, Jade Reidy, Jack Ross, and Apirana Taylor. Edited by Theresia Liemlienio Marshall. ISBN 0-473-06460-X (Birkenhead, Auckland: Christian Gray New Zealand, 1999-2000) 86-100:


Ashley Gorge
Travel Sonnets
1 – On the Road
2 – Reading U. K. Le Guin
3 – In the Takaka Valley
4 – Sumner
5 – Simple
6 – Bus
7 – Rental
8 – Ghost
The Longest Day
Orpheus in the Bays
Sonnet
Freeman’s Bay

Reviews & Comments:

  1. Alistair Paterson. "Books and Magazines in Brief." Poetry NZ 21 (2000): 86.

    Grouped together as it is, their poetry makes an attractive volume of a consistent and pleasing quality.

  2. Bernard Gadd. JAAM 14 (2000) 104-6.

    Ross’s poems have the effect of the post-modern. Places evoke crisp images, memories, fragments of thought, literary recollections which, set side by side, successfully create imaginative poems crammed with surprises and interest. ‘Travel Sonnets’ is a sequence of eight sonnets in the sense of having fourteen lines, using some rhyme, and retaining the personal lyric focus of the original genre. Perhaps the most successful poems are ‘Ashley Gorge’ and ‘Orpheus in the Bays’ – which reads a little like a rewrite of Alistair Campbell’s ‘The Return’, though here ‘Bobbing downstream, at peace, transfigured / Orpheus side-strokes to sea.’ The concentration upon place makes this a cohesive set of poems.



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[1982]: Tango, “a literary rage”. Auckland University Literary Handbook 1982. Ed. David Eggleton (Auckland: Auckland University Students’ Association, 1982) 14:


Outside Cambridge
Tanera Beag







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