Greg McLaren is a poet, critic and editor who lives in Sydney, Australia. His previous books are Everything falls in
(Vagabond, 2000), Darkness disguised (2002) and The Kurri Kurri Book of the Dead (Puncher & Wattmann, 2007). The latter includes the title sequence and “Buddhism Decoder”, both of which explore Buddhist ideas and images in a contemporary Australian setting, and the long cento, “And no birds sing”, a mis-speaking of the Ern Malley obscenity trial.
The Kurri Kurri Book of the Dead is reviewed here: http://jacketmagazine.com/36/r-mclaren-rb-riemer.shtml.
