David Brooks (author)

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David Brooks was born in Canberra, Australia in 1953. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. Brooks then studied abroad in America and received an M.A. degree from the University of Toronto. Continuing his education, he also completed his Ph.D from the University of Toronto after returning back to Australia in 1981 while teaching at the Royal Military College, Duntroon located in Canberra. In 1982 he began teaching at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Brooks currently is a professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney.

He is also a co-editor along with Noel Rowe for Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary magazine. David Brooks has published several of his writings including: The Cold Front, a collection of poetry; The Book of Sei, Sheep and the Diva, a collection of stories; and On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, a long essay.

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The Cold Front (poetry). Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1983. (edited with B. Walker)Poetry and Gender. St. Lucia: Univ. of Queensland Press, 1989.
The Book of Sei and Other Stories. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1985. The Book of Sei. London: Faber & Faber, 1987.
Sheep and the Diva (stories). Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, 1990.
The Necessary Jungle: Literature and Excess (essays). Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, 1990.
ed. A.D. Hope: Selected Poems. Sydney: HarperCollins/A&R, 1991.
ed. Suddenly Evening: Selected Poems of R.F. Brissenden. Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, 1991.
The House of Balthus (fiction). Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1995.
Black Sea (short fiction). Sydney: Allen & Unwin (in press).
ed. The Double Looking Glass: New and Classic Essays on the Poetry of A. D. Hope. St Lucia: Univ. of Queensland Press, 2000.
ed. Selected Poetry and Prose of A. D. Hope. Sydney: Halstead Press, 2000.
De/scription (essay). Sydney: Vagabond Press, 2000.
Walking to Point Clear (poetry). Blackheath: Brandle & Schlesinger, 2005.
Urban Elegies (poetry). Sydney: Island Press, 2006.