- Stuart Ross
Stuart Ross is a Canadian
fiction writer ,poet , editor, and creative-writing instructor.Ross was born in
Toronto 's north end in 1959 and grew up in the Borough of North York. He began writing at a very young age and was first published at age 16 by Books by Kids (nowAnnick Press ). This book, "The Thing in Exile", also contained work by teen writers Steven Feldman and Mark Laba. Ross went on to self-publish dozens of books and chapbooks through his Proper Tales Press imprint. As his books began to emerge from larger literary publishing houses, he has continued his Proper Tales Press project.Ross has been active in the Toronto literary scene since the mid-1970s. He is co-founder, with Nicholas Power, of the
Toronto Small Press Book Fair , an underground literary institution since 1987. This fair, the first of its kind in Canada, has inspired similar events inVancouver ,Ottawa , and Hamilton.He was the 2002 "Writer in Residence" for the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region, the 2003 "Poet in Residence" for the
Ottawa International Writers Festival , and the 2005 Electronic Writer in Residence for theToronto Public Library 's RAMP website for teens. Stuart has been the fiction and poetry editor for "This Magazine " since 2004 and Poetry Editor for Mansfield Press since 2007.His own magazines have included "Mondo Hunkamooga: A Journal of Small Press Reviews" (later subtitled "A Journal of Small Press Stuff"), "Peter O'Toole" (a magazine of one-line poems), "Dwarf Puppets on Parade" (a magazine of writing with restrictions), "Who Torched Rancho Diablo?" (poetry and fiction), and the current project, "Syd & Shirley", a magazine of Canadian and American poetry.
Although primarily known as a poet, Ross has also published fiction and personal essays. His column "Hunkamooga" appeared in "Word: Toronto's Literary Calendar" from 2001 to 2005, and moved to the Vancouver-based literary magazine "sub-Terrain" in 2006.
As an editor, Ross's major project has been the anthology "Surreal Estate: 13 Canadian Poets Under the Influence". In 2003, he issued the chapbook anthology "My Lump in the Bed: Love Poems for George W. Bush". In 2007, Ross was the editor for the Insomniac Press book "Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden".
elected bibliography
*"The Pig Sleeps". Contra Mundo Books, 1991. (with Mark Laba)
*"The Mud Game". The Mercury Press, 1995. (withGary Barwin )
*"The Inspiration Cha-Cha". ECW Press, 1996.
*"Henry Kafka and Other Stories". The Mercury Press, 1997.
*"Farmer Gloomy’s New Hybrid". ECW Press, 1999.
*"Razovsky at Peace". ECW Press, 2001.
*"Hey, Crumbling Balcony! Poems New & Selected". ECW Press, 2003.
*"Surreal Estate: 13 Canadian Poets Under the Influence". The Mercury Press, 2004. (editor)
*"Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer". Anvil Press, 2005.
*"Robots at Night". Proper Tales Press, 2005.
*"I Cut My Finger". Anvil Press, 2007.
*"Dead Cars in Managua". DC Books, 2008.External links
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/stu_ross/biblioindex.html Complete bibliography]
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