# Mark Pirie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Pirie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Pirie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pirie > Source revision: 1334515680 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|New Zealand poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2012}} '''Mark Pirie''' (born 30 April 1974) is a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) poet, writer, literary critic, anthologist, publisher, and editor. He is best known for his [Generation X](/source/Generation_X) New Zealand anthology ''The NeXt Wave'', which included an 8,000-word introduction (1998),Charles Briffa, ''World Literature Today'', Summer 1999, USA, pp. 604-605; Sarah Quigley, 'Checking out Gen X', ''New Zealand Books'', vol. 8, no. 5, December 1998, pp. 16-17; Lydia Wevers, 'Talking about GenX', in ''Telling Stories: Postcolonial Short Fiction in English'' edited by Jacqueline Bardolph, Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 379-387; Michelle Cruickshank, 'Write the Wave', ''Pavement'', April/May 1998, p. 42 & Andrew Johnston, 'Mark Pirie's Excellent Adventure', ''Sport 21'', Spring 1998 [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Ba21Spo-t1-body-d30.html] the literary journals ''JAAM'' (Just Another Art Movement) and ''broadsheet'', a book cover photo series of tributes to famous rock albums,Guy Somerset, 'Cover artists','' Dominion Post'', 5 December 2007, p. E3 and the small press HeadworX Publishers in [Wellington](/source/Wellington), New Zealand. == Life == His thesis was on the New Zealand poet and editor [Louis Johnson](/source/Louis_Johnson_(poet)), a writer who shares similarities with Pirie's work.F. W. Nielsen Wright, ''Mark Pirie as Romantic Satirist'', Cultural and Political Books, Wellington, 2003. == Publications == Pirie has written or published over 100 titles listed in the [National Library of New Zealand](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand). Many are published under his own imprints HeadworX Publishers and The Night Press, Wellington or through the Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop in [Paekākāriki](/source/Paek%C4%81k%C4%81riki).F. W. Nielsen Wright,''Supplementary Bibliography to Mark Pirie as Author, Publisher, Editor'', Cultural and Political Booklets, Wellington, 2010. The main influences on his literary development were listening to popular music, blues and jazz at an early age. His poetry draws on film, music and pop culture elements.Pat Prime, 'An Interview with Mark Pirie', ''Stylus Online Poetry Journal'', Australia, 2003, and in ''Takahe'' 50 (Summer 2004) pp. 57–60. Pirie's own published works include numerous collections or anthologies of poetry (one of them being a hand-made book ''The Bet: Poems in Memory of Jim Morrison - American Poet'') and a novel in verse, ''TOM'' (2009).Siobhan Harvey, Review of ''TOM: A Novel in Verse'', ''Takahe'' 69 (2009), p. 45. In 2003, his selected poems, ''Gallery'', was commissioned by Australian poet [John Kinsella](/source/John_Kinsella_(poet)) and published in England by [Salt Publishing](/source/Salt_Publishing).Iain Sharp, 'Whizz kid', ''Sunday Star-Time''s, 7 December 2003. p. 31. In 2008, he was included in the anthology ''New New Zealand Poets in Performance''.Jan Kemp & Jack Ross (eds.), ''New New Zealand Poets in Performance'', Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2008, includes CD sound recording of Mark Pirie. == Publications by Mark Pirie == ''A selection of Mark Pirie’s books'' ''Anthologies'' *''New Zealand Writing: The NeXt Wave'', [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago) Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1998. *''Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand'', with [Tim Jones](/source/Tim_Jones_(writer)), IP, [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), Australia, 2009. *''The Earl is in…: 25 Years of the Earl of Seacliff'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2009. *''Rail Poems of New Zealand Aotearoa'', Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand, 2010 *'''A Tingling Catch': A Century of New Zealand Cricket Poems 1864-2009'', HeadworX, Wellington, New Zealand, 2010. ''Poetry'' *''Shoot'', Sudden Valley Press, [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand, 1999. *''No Joke'', Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001. *''The Blues'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2001. *''Dumber: Poems'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2003. *''Gallery: A Selection'', Salt Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2003. *''Poems for Poets: Dedications and Elegies'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2004. *''London Notebook'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2005. *''Sounds of Sonnets'', with [Michael O'Leary](/source/Michael_O'Leary_(publisher_and_writer)), HeadworX Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006. *''TOM: A Novel in Verse'', Poets Group, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2009. ''Fiction'' *''Swing and Other Stories'', Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Paekakariki, New Zealand, 2002. ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * Mark Pirie's personal website [https://markpirie.com/] * New Zealand Book Council Profile [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Pirie,%20Mark] * HeadworX Publishers website [http://headworx.eyesis.co.nz] * Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa [http://poetryarchivenz.wordpress.com] * Mark Pirie's full bibliography [https://markpirie.com/bibliography] For a complete listing of Mark Pirie's works, see the online catalogue of the National Library of New Zealand [https://www.natlib.govt.nz/] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pirie, Mark}} Category:1974 births Category:New Zealand poets Category:New Zealand male poets Category:New Zealand literary critics Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni Category:University of Otago alumni Category:Living people Category:New Zealand publishers (people) Category:Writers from Wellington City --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Pirie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pirie) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pirie?action=history)). 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