Caleb J. Ross

Books by Caleb J. Ross

Charactered Pieces: stories

by Caleb J Ross

OW Press, 2009.

Literary House Review 2008 Second Edition

Water Forest Press, 2008.

Solid Gold

Merilang Press, 2009.

About Me

I have a degree in English with a minor in creative writing from Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. I attended the Tin House Writer’s Workshop in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2004 where I had the opportunity to study with novelist Peter Rock. In 2007 I studied with Craig Clevenger, author of the novels The Contortionist’s Handbook and Dermaphoria, in a six week writing intensive called The Contortionist’s Hotseat.

I've also been to a couple Association of Writer’s and Writing Programs (AWP) conferences which have allowed me the opportunity to embarrass myself in front of many important people.

Why do you write?

I’ve reached a point in my writing study where I am tired of intangibles. I want repeatable data. I want the art effect to be measurable. I want to know that word x would elicit reaction y when audience = b and author = a. Can art be scientifically approached? I really want to say yes; we simply haven’t the capacity to do so yet. I am searching for that capacity.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Authors:
Brian Evenson
Jose Saramago
Chuck Palahniuk
Jorge Luis Borges

Books:
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Wavering Knife by Brian Evenson