Robert (R. W.) Gray is a

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writer, filmmaker and academic. Originally from

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Brett Josef Grubisic Brett Josef Grubisic (born 1963) is a Canadian author, editor, and sessional lecturer of English at the University of British Columbia. Education He obtained his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Victoria (B.A., M.A.) and com ...

, "Short story collection takes several dreamlike turns". ''

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'', May 30, 2015. he was educated at the

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, the

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. He taught screenwriting at the

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in the early 2000s,"Writing over coffee"
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'', February 18, 2004. and published two serialized novels, ''Tide Pool Sketches'' (2001) and ''Waterboys'' (2004), in ''

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'' during this era. His debut short story collection ''Crisp'' was published in 2010, and was shortlisted for the

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in 2011. His second short story collection, ''Entropic'', followed in 2015, winning him the

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. He has also published both poetry and short stories in ''Arc'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Malahat Review'' and ''dANDelion''. His poems "How this begins", "Flutter", "Bite" and "Outside the Café" appeared in John Barton and

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's 2007 anthology ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets''. John Barton and

, eds. ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets''.

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, 2007. . As a screenwriter, he has written six short films, of which he directed two. He has also produced several short films for other directors. He is currently based in

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, where he teaches in the film studies department at the

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and is an organizer of the annual Fredericton 48-Hour Film Competition."N.B. filmmakers put their creativity to the test". ''

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'', February 22, 2011. He is also a senior editor and film critic for the web magazine ''

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''.

Bibliography

*''Tide Pool Sketches'' (2001) *''Waterboys'' (2004) *''Crisp'' (2010) *''Entropic'' (2015)

Filmography

*''Tableware'' (2007) *''Alice & Huck'' (2008) *''Blink'' (2014) *''Objects Are Closer'' (2012) *''The Wall'' (2013) *''Zack & Luc'' (2014)

References

External links

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