Stuart Ross (the Canadian one)
@razovsky.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher, writing instructor. 2023 Trillium Book Award winner. 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Author of The Book of Grief and Hamburgers — and 21 other books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and essay.
Thrilled to have four new poems up on R&R, a really beautiful online literary journal!
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Four Poems
Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thrilled to have four new poems up on R&R, a really beautiful online literary journal!
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
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"His arms and legs are becoming birds"
An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001).
Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...
An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001).
Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"His arms and legs are becoming birds"
An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001).
Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...
An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001).
Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...
Ottawa, Tuesday evening at Lieutenant's Pump! Please join us for a fantastic poetry hat trick to celebrate the launch of Vera Hadzic's debut collection!
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ottawa, Tuesday evening at Lieutenant's Pump! Please join us for a fantastic poetry hat trick to celebrate the launch of Vera Hadzic's debut collection!
A Feed Dog Book/Anvil Press present the Ottawa launch for Vera Hadzic's stunning debut poetry collection! With readings by Vera & special guests Jennifer Baker & Stephen Brockwell. Admission is free and books are for sale! Hosted by A Feed Dog Book editor Stuart Ross.
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A Feed Dog Book/Anvil Press present the Ottawa launch for Vera Hadzic's stunning debut poetry collection! With readings by Vera & special guests Jennifer Baker & Stephen Brockwell. Admission is free and books are for sale! Hosted by A Feed Dog Book editor Stuart Ross.
My first-ever review, 50 years ago (!!!), for The Thing In Exile, published by Books by Kids, now Annick Press. Anyone wanna invite me to give a 50th-anniversary reading?
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My first-ever review, 50 years ago (!!!), for The Thing In Exile, published by Books by Kids, now Annick Press. Anyone wanna invite me to give a 50th-anniversary reading?
Dundas! Hamilton! Brantford! And environs! Join Lisa Fishman, Sacha Archer and me at Printed Word Bookshop!
September 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Dundas! Hamilton! Brantford! And environs! Join Lisa Fishman, Sacha Archer and me at Printed Word Bookshop!
Toronto! Please join us! It'll be Lisa's first-ever reading in Toronto! Her poetry is sublime.
August 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Toronto! Please join us! It'll be Lisa's first-ever reading in Toronto! Her poetry is sublime.
Excited for the stunning fall 2025 entry in my Feed Dog Book imprint from Anvil Press! Vera Hadzic's full-length poetry debut, Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery, is compelling, visceral, often dark, and always magical! @anvilpress.bsky.social @hadzicvera.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excited for the stunning fall 2025 entry in my Feed Dog Book imprint from Anvil Press! Vera Hadzic's full-length poetry debut, Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery, is compelling, visceral, often dark, and always magical! @anvilpress.bsky.social @hadzicvera.bsky.social
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new from above/ground press: AND THEN THE GENTILE LIT THE CANDLES: Seven Stories, by Stuart Ross / @razovsky.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: AND THEN THE GENTILE LIT THE CANDLES: Seven Stories, by Stuart Ross
AND THEN THE GENTILE LIT THE CANDLES: Seven Stories Stuart Ross $6 Everyone watched from all over the world as Meredith and Craig sat i...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
new from above/ground press: AND THEN THE GENTILE LIT THE CANDLES: Seven Stories, by Stuart Ross / @razovsky.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social ;
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Looking forward to performing on Saturday at 4 pm at the Hillside Festival in Guelph with my collaborator guitarist Domina Eliahou! @hillsidefestival.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Looking forward to performing on Saturday at 4 pm at the Hillside Festival in Guelph with my collaborator guitarist Domina Eliahou! @hillsidefestival.bsky.social
Excited to teach Poetry in-person at @uoftscs.bsky.social's Summer Writing School in July! We had a great time last year: writing, workshopping, discussion, a poetry walk through downtown Toronto, readings, panels & more! Please join us if this interests you! learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...
1671 - Summer Writing School: Poetry
This five-day intensive workshop will help you understand the mechanics, craftsmanship and aesthetics of poetry through discussion and writing exercises. Part of the U of T Summer Writing School, it o...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Excited to teach Poetry in-person at @uoftscs.bsky.social's Summer Writing School in July! We had a great time last year: writing, workshopping, discussion, a poetry walk through downtown Toronto, readings, panels & more! Please join us if this interests you! learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...
Prince Edward County! This workshop is filling up fast! Do you want to join in?
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Prince Edward County! This workshop is filling up fast! Do you want to join in?
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Thank you so so so much for that poignant reading of Ilya Kaminsky's brilliant poem! Admire you even more than ever now!
April 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Thank you so so so much for that poignant reading of Ilya Kaminsky's brilliant poem! Admire you even more than ever now!
Writers and lit-fans, especially poetpeople, if you aren't following Jay Miller's Bibelotages blog, well, you oughta check it
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April 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Writers and lit-fans, especially poetpeople, if you aren't following Jay Miller's Bibelotages blog, well, you oughta check it
out! \\https://bibelotages.com/?ref=bibelotages-newsletter
out! \\https://bibelotages.com/?ref=bibelotages-newsletter
Sure am excited to have a baseball team's worth of new poems up on Mercurius!!!
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Stuart Ross Surreal-Absurd Sampler — Mercurius
Surreal-absurd In 1984 I founded a school of writing I called Demento Primitivo. It really caught on, at least among me. The people and other creatures and objects in my poems and stories often push...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sure am excited to have a baseball team's worth of new poems up on Mercurius!!!
www.mercurius.one/home/stuart-...
www.mercurius.one/home/stuart-...
Beautiful new book by Ron Padgett! Exciting to see him in the NYRB series. I devoured the book minutes after I picked it up at the local indie on Saturday, wrote a poem about the experience of reading it, sent the poem to Ron, and he said it was "lovely." A great exchange with a great American!
March 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Beautiful new book by Ron Padgett! Exciting to see him in the NYRB series. I devoured the book minutes after I picked it up at the local indie on Saturday, wrote a poem about the experience of reading it, sent the poem to Ron, and he said it was "lovely." A great exchange with a great American!
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Meanwhile, Canada be like...
February 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Meanwhile, Canada be like...
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It was a pleasure to read with @razovsky.bsky.social and Laurie Ann Fuhr at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social last night to help launch Stuart’s new @coachhousebooks1.bsky.social poetry collection The Sky is a Sky in the Sky.
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It was a pleasure to read with @razovsky.bsky.social and Laurie Ann Fuhr at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social last night to help launch Stuart’s new @coachhousebooks1.bsky.social poetry collection The Sky is a Sky in the Sky.
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Congrats @razovsky.bsky.social what a lovely launch this week!
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending January 30, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Congrats @razovsky.bsky.social what a lovely launch this week!
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Tonight! Join us for the launch of The Sky Is a Sky in the Sky by @razovsky.bsky.social featuring special guest @monicakidd.bsky.social and with a musical performance by Laurie Anne Fuhr. The event starts tonight at 7pm in-store!
January 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tonight! Join us for the launch of The Sky Is a Sky in the Sky by @razovsky.bsky.social featuring special guest @monicakidd.bsky.social and with a musical performance by Laurie Anne Fuhr. The event starts tonight at 7pm in-store!
Calgary! This happens tonight! Please join us!
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Calgary! This happens tonight! Please join us!
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Please join @razovsky.bsky.social, Laurie Anne Fuhr and me with @coachhousebooks1.bsky.social and @gaspereaupress.bsky.social at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social in Calgary on Tuesday Jan 28 at 7pm! There will be poetry! Prose! Maybe some music!
January 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Please join @razovsky.bsky.social, Laurie Anne Fuhr and me with @coachhousebooks1.bsky.social and @gaspereaupress.bsky.social at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social in Calgary on Tuesday Jan 28 at 7pm! There will be poetry! Prose! Maybe some music!
Calgary! Please join me of the launch of The Sky Is A Sky In The Sky this Tuesday at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Shelf Life Books! I'll be joined by Monica Kidd and Laurie Anne Fuhr!
January 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Calgary! Please join me of the launch of The Sky Is A Sky In The Sky this Tuesday at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Shelf Life Books! I'll be joined by Monica Kidd and Laurie Anne Fuhr!
Calgary! This is happening on January 28. Please join us!
January 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Calgary! This is happening on January 28. Please join us!
Stuart Ross reads "The Elements of the Short Story"
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January 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM