Mark Pirie

Mark Pirie was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1974. He is the Managing Editor for HeadworX, a small press publisher of poetry/fiction. His poems have been published in India, New Zealand, Australia, Croatia, the US, Canada, Singapore, Iraq, France, Germany, and the UK. In 1998 University of Otago Press published his anthology of 'Generation X' New Zealand writing, The NeXt Wave. He was managing editor of, and co-edited, JAAM literary journal (New Zealand) from 1995-2005, and is the contributing New Zealand editor for papertiger (Australia/Thailand), and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Antipodes (USA). In 2003, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, England, published his new and selected poems, Gallery: A Selection.

Bibliography

Fiction

'The Articulate Madman' in JAAM 2, 1995
'The Ride' in JAAM 3, 1996
'Snap!' in JAAM 4, 1996
'B's Story' in JAAM 5, 1996
'First on the List: a Tragi-comedy' in JAAM 10, 1998
'The Joke', Southern Ocean Review 13, 1999
'White Wash' in brief 24, 2002

Poetry Books

Shoot, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, 1999, 80 pages
No Joke, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, 2001, 160 pages
The Blues, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2001, 32 pages
Reading the Will, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, 2002, 110 pages
Dumber: Poems, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2003, 64 pages
Gallery: A Selection, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, England, 2003, 116 pages
Bullet Poems, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2004, 42 pages
Poems for Poets, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2004, 40 pages
The Angel Bus: Song Lyrics 1992-1994, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2004, 36 pages
Two Poems: An Impression of the Sea, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2004, 16 pages
The Rose and Other Poems, The Doll Press, Wellington, 64 pages
The Bet: Poems for Jim Morrison (American Poet), The Night Press, Wellington, 2004, 12 pages
Giving Poetry a Bad Name, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2005, 256 pages
Blues For Sam, The Broadsheet Company, 2005, 2 pages
London Notebook, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2005, 80 pages
Mahones: Anthology - Four Poets, with Bill Dacker, Michael O'Leary and Iain Sharp, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2005, 48 pages
Bach Concert, The Worthy Press, Wellington, 2005, 8 pages
Wellington Fool, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2006, 24 pages
Sounds of Sonnets, HeadworX Publishing, 2006, 66 pages
The Search, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2007, 200 pages
Love Notes, The Night Press, Wellington 2007, 12 pages
More Love Notes, The Night Press, Wellington 2007, 12 pages
Private Detective, Kilmog Press, Dunedin, 2007, 14 pages
Slips: cricket poems (ESAW mini series No. 21), Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2008, 24 pages.
Bottle of Armour: Early Poems/Lyrics 1992-93, Original Books, Wellington, 80 pages.
Trespassing in Dionysia: Uncollected Early Poems 1993-97, Original Books, Wellington, 80 pages.

Fiction Books

Swing and Other Stories, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2002, 80 pages

Edited

The NeXt Wave, University of Otago Press, 1998, 280 pages
JAAM 1-3, 5-7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, Wai-te-ata Press/JAAM Publishing Collective, 1995-2004
Storyteller: Poems 1988-1999 by Simon Williamson, HeadworX, 2002, 320 pages
Bookmarks: An Anthology, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2003, 32 pages
The First Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, HeadworX, 2003, 144 pages
"Greatest Hits": An anthology of writing, 1984-2004, HeadworX/ESAW/JAAM, 2004
Tupelo Hotel: Winter Readings at Tupelo, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004
Here and There: A Selection from the Arabic by Basim Furat, HeadworX, 2004
The Second Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, HeadworX, 2004
50 Poems by 50 Poets: Recent New Zealand Poetry, papertiger media, Brisbane, 2004
Black Mail Press Issue 12, 2005
The Manuka Tree, Winter Readings 2005, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, 2005, 44 pages
Poetrymath, Winter Readings 2006, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2006, 44 pages
Poetrywall, Winter Readings 2007, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007, 32 pages
Poetrywall, Anthology of the Poetrywall, edited/compiled with Gemma Rowsell, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007, 32 pages.
broadsheet 1-ongoing, The Night Press, Wellington, 2008-

Anthologised in

The NeXt Wave, University of Otago Press, 1998
In Our Own Words: Generation X Poetry, Volume 2, MW Enterprises, USA, 2000
Doors, Leaders Press, 2000 (NZ Secondary Schools Anthology).
Jewels in the Water, Leaders Press, 2000 (NZ Secondary Schools Anthology).
Essential New Zealand Poems, Godwit/Random House, 2001
Subversions: generations of contemporary poetry, Best of Subverse Queensland Poetry Festival participants, papertiger media, Australia, 2001
In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Volume 4, MW Enterprise, USA, 2002
Bookmarks: An Anthology, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2003
The First Wellington International Poetry Festival Anthology, HeadworX, 2003
Tupelo Hotel: Winter Readings at Tupelo, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2004
Under Flagstaff: Dunedin Poetry, University of Otago Press, 2004
Spirit Abroad, Godwit/Random House, 2004
The Manuka Tree: Winter Readings, ed. Mark Pirie, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2005,32 pages
A Heady Brew: Poems from Porirua Poetry Cafe, Inkweed, 2005
ESAW Christmas Surprise 2005, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2005
World Words, ed. T. M Schaefer, Assistant Editors: Kevin Cudby and Catherine Boyle, Writers International (NZ) in Association with HeadworX, 2006, 160 pages
Poetrymath, Winter Readings 2006, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2006
Shards of Silver, New Zealand Poets on Photography, Steele Roberts Ltd, Wellington, 2006
ESAW Christmas Surprise 2006, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2006
Poetrywall, Winter Readings 2007, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007
Poetrywall, Anthology of the Poetrywall, edited/compiled with Gemma Rowsell, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007, 32 pages.
Che in Verse, eds Gavin O'Toole and Georgina Jimenez, Aflame Books, UK, 2007.
ESAW Christmas Surprise, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2007.
New New Zealand Poets in Performance, eds. Jan Kemp and Jack Ross, Auckland University Press, 2008.

Poetry featured in

Poetry NZ 16, ed. Alistair Paterson, 1998
Spin 27, ed. John O'Connor, 1997
Black Mail Press 5, ed. Doug Poole, 2002
Valley Micropress, ed. Tony Chad, June 2004

Articles/Essays

Sensitively Inuring: The Poetry of Nicholas Laing in JAAM 2, 1995
The Women's Play Press in JAAM 5, 1996
Nearing a Horizon: The Poetry of Ee Tiang Hong in JAAM 7, 1997
Reconstructing New Zealand Literature in Kite 13, 1997 & in Creative Forum, New Delhi, India, 1998
Katherine Mansfield: A Pioneer Performance Poet? in Journal of Commonwealth Literature, No. 2, 1999
Introduction to the poetry of Bill Sewell, JAAM 13, 2000
Preface to L E Scott's Earth Colours: Selected Poems, HeadworX, 2000
Between the Land: The Poetry of Andrew Fagan in JAAM 17, 2002
What I've Been Reading Lately? Five Bells, Sydney, 2002
Preface to Simon Williamson's Storyteller, HeadworX, 2002
Kendrick Smithyman and Louis Johnson: A Note on a Literary Friendship, brief 26, 2003
Alan Brunton as Publisher: A Personal Recollection, Jacket 16, March 2002 and in brief 28, 2003
A Cry to the Gulf: The Poetry of Basim Furat: Exiled Iraqi Poet in Diasporic Ghosts, First Edition Ltd, 2005 and in Gilgamesh: Journal of Iraqi Culture, No. 4, 2006, pages 24-32
The New American Poetry in Poetry NZ 31, 2005
Book Launch Report on Alistair Te Ariki Campbell's Dark Lord of Savaiki: Collected Poems, Southern Ocean Review 37, October 2005

Interviews

An Interview with Jenny Bornholdt (with Helen Rickerby) in JAAM 1, 1995
An Interview with Dinah Hawken (with Helen Rickerby) in JAAM 2, 1995
An Interview with LE Scott (with Paul Wolffram) in JAAM 3, 1996
An Interview with David Eggleton in JAAM 4, 1996
An Interview with Sam Hunt (with Paul Wolffram) in JAAM 5, 1996
An Interview with Ken Bolton in JAAM 10, 2001
An Interview with Alan Brunton in JAAM 16, 2001
An Interview with Edgard Telles Ribeiro in JAAM 17, 2002
An Interview with Charlotte Yates, JAAM 19, 2003.

Reviews

Pocket Collected Poems, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell in Salient, 1996
Surviving the Slug, Bernard Brown in Salient, 1996
Go Round Power Please, James Brown in JAAM 4, 1996
Not Her Real Name, Emily Perkins in JAAM 4, 1996
Lashings of Whipped Cream, Fiona Samuel in JAAM 5, 1996
How Things Are, Harry Ricketts/Meg Campbell/ Adrienne Jansen/ JC Sturm in JAAM 5, 1996
As It Is, John O'Connor in JAAM 7, 1997
All Roads Lead to the Sea, Kapka Kassabova in JAAM 8, 1997
An Anthology of NZ Poetry in English edited by Bornholdt/O'Brien/Williams in Poetry NZ 15, 1997
Oxford History of NZ Literature in English edited by Terry Sturn in Poetry NZ 17, 1998
A Kind of Kingdom, James Norcliffe in New Zealand Books March, 1999
El Sur, Bill Sewell; Natsukaashi, Ingrid Horrocks; 13 Ways, Harry Ricketts in JAAM 11, 1999
Landbridge: Contemporary Australian Poetry edited by John Kinsella in JAAM 12, 1999
AUP New Poets 1, Sarah Quigley, Anna Jackson and Raewyn Alexander in JAAM 12, 1999
When Two Embrace edited by Jonathan Fisher and Eat These Sweet Words edited by Sue Fitchett, Marewa Glover, Rhonda Vickoce, Cary McDermott in JAAM 12, 1999
Flood Damage by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman; Papatipu by Jeanette King in Southern Ocean Review 13, October 1999
Winter I Was, Gregory O'Brien in JAAM 13, 2000
Lemon, James Brown; Dividing the Light, John Allison in JAAM 13, 2000
Teeth, Frank Pervan; Beyond the Paper Lanterns, Cyril Childs Big Smoke edited by Alan Brunton, Murray Edmond and Michele Leggott in JAAM 14, 2000
The Right Foot of the Giant, Mark Young, Bumper Books, JAAM 15, 2001
Carnival of New Zealand Creatures, Lauris Edmond; Realia, Kate Camp; Fourteen Reasons for Writing, Kevin Ireland in JAAM 16, 2001
Selected Poems, Louis Johnson in Poetry NZ 24, 2002
Acetylene, Geoff Cochrane; Debating Stones, Bernard Gadd; Music Therapy, Peter Olds, in JAAM 18, 2002
It was a Tuesday Morning: Selected Poems 1971-2001 by Peter Olds, in Southern Ocean Review 33, October 2004
Footprints on a Gravel Road by Barry Southam, in Southern Ocean Review 37, October 2005
Il Colosseum and Treadmill by Frank Pervan, in Southern Ocean Review 47, April 2008

About Mark Pirie

Mark Pirie as Romantic Satirist, F. W. Nielsen Wright, Original Books, 2003
A Comparison of JAAM and brief as the Two Leading Literary Magazines of Aotearoa Since 1995, F. W. Nielsen Wright, Original Books, 2003
An Interview with Mark Pirie, Pat Prime, Stylus Poetry Journal, Australia, 2003, and in Takahe 50, 2004.

Poems published in

Magazine Six (USA), hutt (Australia), Micropress Yates (Australia), Valley Micropress, Sugar Mule (USA), Poetry Aotearoa (Australia), Kota Press On-line Journal (USA), Another Toronto Quarterly (Canada), The Dominion Post, SOFTBLOW Poetry Journal (Singapore), Catalyst, wandering dog (UK), Poetry Aotearoa (Australia), Literary Review Quarterly Singapore, Sunday Star-Times (NZ), Word Riot (USA), Snakeskin (UK), Coffee House Poetry (UK), Dream Catcher (UK), Retort (Australia), Jacket (Australia), muse apprentice guild (USA), sidereality (USA), Litter, Black Mail Press, Critical Forum (India), Glottis, Joussour (Australia), Fresh, JAAM, Evasion, Stylus Poetry Journal (Australia), Deep South, Southern Ocean Review, New Zealand Books, papertiger (Australia), Salt (Australia), SideWaLK (Australia), Social Alternatives (Australia), Poetry NZ, Takahe, Trout: An Internet Journal, Micropress NZ, Micropress: Best Poems, Hrvatsko Slovo (Croatia), Spin, brief, Moths vs Mammoths, In Our Own Words (USA), fusebox (USA), Lampstand (Wellington College Old Boys' Magazine), ESAW Christmas Surprise, Gilgamesh: Journal of Iraqi Culture (Iraq), nzepc (New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre), Beer Swill Romanticism (Australia), broadsheet (NZ) and the New Zealand Listener.