A.J. Carruthers

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A.J. Carruthers is an Australian-born literary critic and experimental poet.

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Biography

A.J. Carruthers (also aj carruthers) was born in Sydney, and is of mixed/Asian heritage. [1] Since 2011, he has been writing a long poem called AXIS. [2] His critical work has focused on North American and contemporary Australian poetry and poetics. [3] He is an editor of Southerly, [4] Rabbit Poetry Journal [5] and the founder of SOd press. [6]

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References

  1. "Four perspectives on race & racism in Australian poetry". Overland literary journal. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. "The Blazar Axes". Cordite Poetry Review. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. A. J. Carruthers (8 February 2017). Notational Experiments in North American Long Poems, 1961–2011: Stave Sightings. Springer International Publishing. ISBN   978-3-319-46241-7.
  4. "About Southerly". Southerly. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. "Rabbit Poetry". Rabbit Poetry. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. "SOd press". staleobjectsdepress.tumblr.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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  8. Notational Experiments in North American Long Poems, | A. J. Carruthers | Springer.
  9. Curruthers, A. J. (2014). 'Areal' / A. J. Carruthers. Axis ; Book 1. Sydney, [NSW]: Vagabond Press. ISBN   9781922181329.
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  1. Austlit. "A.J. Carruthers". austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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