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Michael Morrissey (1942 - ) is a New Zealand writer and poet.

After receiving the University of Auckland Writer's Bursary in 1977, he published his first collection of poetry 'Make Love in All Rooms' in 1978. His 1981 collection of short fiction, 'The Fat Lady & The Astronomer' won the 1982 PEN Award for Best First Book. He was included on the infamous 1985 Globe Tapes, which recorded 42 New Zealand poets across 5 years, as they performed live at the Globe Tavern.

Anthology

 * Poems in Below the Surface. Auckland: Vintage, 1995.
 * The Flamingo Anthology of New Zealand Short Stories. Auckland: Flamingo, 2000.
 * Evening Post April (2000): 21-21.
 * Listener April (2000): 45-46.
 * Otago Daily Times H May (2000): 33-33.
 * New Zealand Books 10.3 Aug (2000): 3-4.

Non Fiction

 * N.Z.s Top 10. Auckland: Moa Beckett, 1993. (1993): 38-38.

Novel

 * Heart of the volcano. Auckland: Bookcaster Press, 2000.
 * Paradise to Come. Auckland: Flamingo, 1997.

Poetry

 * A Case of Briefs. Auckland, Van Guard Xpress 1989.
 * Listener 128.2642 Nov (1990): 110-111.
 * The Press Oct (1990): 26-26.
 * New Zealand Herald (1990): 5-5.
 * "After the matinee." Islands 4.3 Spring (1975): 313-314.
 * "Art is the acceptable salvage; The children." Poetry NZ 8 (1994): 63-64.
 * "Borges; Some oranges; A tambourine." Landfall 157 Mar (1986): 26-27.
 * Closer to the Bone : Poems. Christchurch, Sword Press 1981.
 * Comment 14 Nov (1981): 36-36.
 * Listener 99.2177 Oct (1981): 100-101.
 * Landfall 35 Sept (1981): 295-297.
 * Reviews Journal 2 (1982): 48-49.
 * Dr Strangeloves Prescription. Auckland, Van Guard Xpress 1988.
 * Listener 124.2575 July (1989): 76-76.
 * Dreams. Christchurch, Sword Press 1981.
 * "From The mature man." Poetry Australia 110 (1987): 15-17.
 * From the swimming pool question : a collection of poems. New Plymouth, Zenith Pub. 2006.
 * "Girl by a river." Comment 10 Mar (1980): 33-33.
 * "Love poem; Ashore; From the living room." Islands 3.3 Spring (1974): 282-285.
 * Make Love in All the Rooms. Dunedin, Caveman Press 1978.
 * Outrigger 2.4 July (1978): 43-47.
 * Islands 7 Winter (1978): 203-211.
 * Landfall 33 Mar (1979): 80-84.
 * "Make love in all the rooms; Waking up first; Poem about pure shape." Islands 4.4 Summer (1975): 368-371.
 * "My imaginary grandmother : a dog called Homer : from the swimming pool question." Landfall 42.3 Sept (1988): 290-293.
 * New Zealand, What Went Wrong?. Auckland, Van Guard Xpress 1988.
 * Listener 124.2575 July (1989): 76-76.
 * "One more dirty old man." Landfall 118 June (1976): 130-130.
 * "Our desirable crime." Comment 12 Sept (1980): 30-30.
 * "Photographs of old poets." Landfall 180 June (1976): 123-123.
 * "Poems." Printout 12 Autumn (1997): 3-5.
 * Poems in Bright But Invisible. Auckland, Auckland University College Students Association Press 1978.
 * "Rangitoto snuffs out; An honest poem about sex; Please pay attention." Takahe 8 Winter (1991): 34-35.
 * "Sea sentences." Printout 1 Nov (1991): 34-35.
 * Shes Not the Child of Sylvia Plath: Poems. Christchurch, Sword Press 1981.
 * Landfall 35 Sept (1981): 295-297.
 * Listener 99.2177 Oct (1981): 100-101.
 * Comment 14 Nov (1981): 36-36.
 * Taking in the View. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1986.
 * Listener 114.2440 Nov (1986): 75-75.
 * Landfall 41.1 Mar (1987): 98-103.
 * The American Hero Loosens His Tie. Auckland, Van Guard Xpress 1989.
 * "The freedom of love; Why we all write love poems." Auckland live 2 Spring (1992): 40-41.
 * "The Incubus whispers; Transplant; My fathers house; The voyeur." Landfall 121 Mar (1977): 80-81.
 * "The novelist on a commune; Cameo." Landfall 132 Dec (1979): 360-361.
 * "Vacuums." Islands 8.3 Oct (1980): 260-261.

Short Story

 * "A mermaid on a blue horse : a tale with two endings." Landfall 150 June (1984): 141-151.
 * "After the flood." Landfall 125 Mar (1978): 35-38.
 * "An evening with Ionesco." Islands 6.4 May (1978): 405-416.
 * "At Maisies place." Islands 4.2 Winter (1975): 158-178.
 * "Bookkeeping." Metro Auckland 168 June (1995): 112-115.
 * "Day at the circus." Islands 5.3 Mar (1977): 247-259.
 * "Existential kissing." Metro Auckland 161 Nov (1994): 130-133.
 * "Hitlers French letter." Listener 145.2844 Oct (1994): 34-36.
 * "Jack Kerouac sat down beside the Wanganui River and wept." Islands 8.3 Oct (1980): 187-193.
 * "Kellys bride." Metro Auckland 186 Dec (1996): 112-119.
 * "Let there be light." Metro Auckland 168 June (1995): 112-115.
 * "Like going to the movies." Auckland Metro 5.54 Dec (1985): 216-225.
 * "Murdock." Islands 1.2 Nov (1984): 157-168.
 * "My father; My mother." Landfall 43.1 Mar (1989).
 * "No life on Mars." Other Voices 2 (1991): 43-43.
 * Octavios Last Invention. Auckland, Brick Row 1991.
 * Dominion Nov (1991): 11-11.
 * New Zealand Herald Jan (1992): 4-4.
 * North and South Mar (1992): 125-127.
 * The Press sup Jan (1992): 10-10.
 * Otago Daily Times Feb (1992): 25-25.
 * Listener 133.2713 Mar (1992): 50-53.
 * Printout 3 Sept (1992): 55-55.
 * New Zealand Books 2.3 Dec (1992): 8-8.
 * "Phosgene; An auction." Landfall 136 Dec (1980): 332-337.
 * "Terry loves me." Auckland Metro 18 Dec (1982): 143-149.
 * The Fat Lady & the Astronomer : Some Persons, Persuasions, Paranoias and Places You Ought to Encounter. Christchurch, Sword Press 1981.
 * Listener 102.2225 Sept (1982): 94-94.
 * Listener 102.2225 Sept (1982): 94-94.
 * New Outlook 1.2 Winter (1982): 33-33.
 * Landfall 36 Dec (1982): 481-485.
 * Reviews Journal 1 July (1983): 52-53.
 * "The flood." Islands 5.1 Sept (1976): 16-18.
 * The New Fiction. Auckland, Lindon Publishing 1985.
 * Metro 5.54 Dec (1985): 226-228.
 * Wellington City Magazine Dec (1985): 105-106.
 * Landfall 157 Mar (1986): 121-124.
 * "The new super heroes." Brain 1.1 Summer (1989): 26-29.
 * "Turn of the wheel." Auckland Metro 8 Feb (1982): 106-108.
 * "Waiting for the wind of inspiration; Sitting on the sea (for Susan)." Takahe 5 Spring (1990): 50-51.
 * "What's in a name?." Listener Jan (1999): 34-35.

Short Story Collection

 * Essential New Zealand short stories. Auckland, Random House 2009.
 * Sunday 22: the winners of the Sunday Star-Times short story competition/ with an introduction by Owen Marshall. Auckland, Vintage 2006.