2. Contributors
  3. Leckie, Ross

Ross Leckie
1953-

Ross C. Leckie is a Canadian poet and expert in poetics. He was born in Lachine, Quebec, in 1953. He holds degrees from McGill, Concordia, and the University of Toronto (Ph.D.). Leckie taught poetry and creative writing at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton, NB. He has been editor of the Canadian literary journal The Fiddlehead and poetry editor for the poetry book series published by Goose Lane Editions. In 2008, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Leckie has published The Critique of Pure Reason (2013), a chapbook from Frog Hollow Press. He has also published three books of poetry, A Slow Light (1983) with the Signal Editions series of the Véhicule Press: The Authority of Roses (1997) with Brick Books and Gravity’s Plumb Line (2005) with Gaspereau Press. His creative work has appeared in such journals as The Fiddlehead, The Antigonish Review, Descant, ARIEL, The New Republic, Denver Quarterly, Southwest Review, and American Literary Review.

Source

"Ross Leckie." Author page, Paperback Swap. Accessed 5 June 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

Archival Material

  • Location
    University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections
    Retrieval Number
    Accessions 2004.022a, 2004.034, 2006.024, 2011.016, 2011.021, 2019.003, 2020.018, 2020.029
    Date Range of Material
    ca. 1977-ca. 2012
    Extent

    approximately 1.6 m

    Scope and Content Note

    Unprocessed. May include personal papers and papers related to his time as a professor at UNB.

Headshot of Ross Leckie

Ross Leckie

Credit

"Ross Leckie."  Faculty-Staff Directory, University of New Brunswick. Accessed 5 June 2023.

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Bibliography Items

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Leckie, Ross. The authority of roses. London, ON: Brick Books, 1997, 90 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Leckie, Ross. Writing on the wall = Peintres et poètes. Jack Weldon Humphrey. Fredericton, NB: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 2004. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project, New Brunswick Imprints

Leckie, Ross. Gravity's plumb line. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2005, 94 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Armstrong, Tammy. The scare in the crow. Edited by Leckie, Ross. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, 110 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project, New Brunswick Imprints

Leckie, Ross. The critique of pure reason. Victoria, BC: Frog Hollow Press, 2013, 42 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project