Robert Moore

Robert Moore was born in Hamilton, Ontario and now resides in Saint John, New Brunswick. Currently a professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, his poetry has appeared in The Fiddlehead, Wascana Review, Ink Magazine, The New Quarterly, Canadian Author, Prairie Fire, Maisonneuve, Pottersfield Portfolio, The Gaspereau Review, CV2, and Quadrant. His first book of poetry, So Rarely in Our Skins (finalist for both The Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and long-listed for the ReLit Award in Poetry), came out in 2002. His second book, Museum Absconditum (2006), also long-listed for the ReLit Award, was published in 2006. He is also the author of a dozen plays.

More information about Robert Moore

Titles

• Figuring Ground (2009)
• Museum Absconditum (2006)

Reviews

• Review (Paul T. Vogel, Midwest Book Review, 3/1/2010)
• Moore excels with imagination, metaphor and fun, says reviewer (Michael O. Nowlan, The Daily Gleaner, 8/1/2009)
• Robert Moore's third collection of poetry takes risks on fresh means of expression. (Heather Craig, Telegraph-Journal, 4/4/2009)
• Poet has an unusual sense of humour (Michael O. Nowlan, The Daily Gleaner, 2/3/2007)
• Here, There, and Nowhere (Andre Furlani, Canadian Literature)
• I may become a poetry convert yet (Angie Barrington, Memorial University's The Gazette)