Olivia Macassey
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Bio
Olivia Livingston Macassey was born in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1975. She
spent her childhood on the Coromandel Peninsula and moved to Auckland city
in 1991 where she attended Epsom Girls'. She has recently completed a PhD
at the University of Auckland, and currently lives in Wellington.
Macassey was the featured poet in Poetry New Zealand issue 29 (Auckland
& Palm Springs: Brick Row, 2004). Her work has appeared in magazines
including Landfall, PNZ, Brief/ ABDOTW, Magazine, Tongue
in Your Ear; in compilations/anthologies such as New New Zealand
Poets Read Their Work, Kaupapa, NZ Gothic, and Aural Ink [CD]
(Passionate Tongues, 2002); and student publications Debate (1999);
Platform (2001); Craccum (1996). It is online
at Blackmail Press and Snorkel.
Her
first book of poems, Love
in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, was published by Titus in
2005.
Between 1994 and 2004 Macassey performed her poetry regularly, in both group
and solo shows such as Love Without Bodies, Dance of the Seven Veils, and
Exciting Poses; and in festivals. She has read in venues ranging from pubs
and cafes, schools, shops, and galleries, to invited performances at the
Aotea Centre, the Auckland Town Hall, and Te Papa. These days she performs
very occasionally.