Jack Ross
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Gender | Male |
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Industry | Arts |
Occupation | Writer |
Location | Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand |
Introduction | I've published six poetry collections, including Chantal's Book (2002), A Clearer View of the Hinterland (2014) and The Oceanic Feeling (2021), as well as several works of fiction: most recently Haunts (2024). In 2022 I retired from my job as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University, but I continue to blog at The Imaginary Museum. |
Interests | Writing, Book-collecting, Mythology, Ghosts, The Arabian Nights, Non-European Fictional Traditions |
Favorite Movies | Once Upon a Time in America, Naked Lunch, Zentropa, The Shining, Ken Burns' Civil War, Deadwood, Lawrence of Arabia |
Favorite Music | Strauss: Tod und Verklarung, Messaien: Quartet for the End of Time, Bach: Mass in B Minor |
Favorite Books | Homer's Odyssey, Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven, Dick: The Man in the High Castle, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Apollinaire: Alcools |