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John Cross earned an undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His work has appeared in New American Writing, Volt, Forklift Ohio, and other journals and was awarded the 2001 Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. He lives in Los Angeles, with his wife and four cats, and he teaches at Westridge School in Pasadena.Links
You can watch a YouTube video of John Cross’s February 5, 2010, reading from staring at the animal at the 3rd Area: Poetry at PHARMAKA, Frank Pictures Gallery Session in Santa Monica, California (video by www.Poetry.LA).Reviews of John Cross's staring at the animal