OK, this is a little last minute --but I just found out that Stuart Ross will be at Pulp Fiction tonight launching his new book, Cut My Finger.

Stuart Ross is the real deal. A fanatical, but at the same time mild-mannered street-poet, Ross began handing out sheets of photocopied poems to passersby on Toronto streetcorners waaaay back, long before 'zines, or slam poetry, or so many other indie poetry distribution and sharing methods had come into vogue.

And he is hilarious. The man has written my single favorite sly-handed ode to the lonely heart personal ad.

In the last five or so years, Ross has begun to get a lot more critical recognition for his work. He even has a regular column in local literary mag Subterrain. But he's still the same humble, friendly, encouraging guy. Last I saw him, hunkering down to the aperatifs in the hospitality suite in Banff at WordFest (the joint Calgary/Banff international writer's festival), surrounded by high profile authors, he was handing out single sheets of his photocopied poetry to any friendly souls he met.

Courtesy of Anvil Press, Stuart Ross and Vancouver's own Clint Burnham launch their books tonight at 8 pm at Pulp Fiction, 2422 Main.

The photo, taken by Clint Burnham, is a vintage shot of Stuart Ross selling his chapbooks on Yonge Street in 1990!!!!

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