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John Moss was born in Waterloo County, Ontario in 1940. He swam the Hellespont in 1962 and has since travelled widely, especially in the Arctic. He has received awards in a variety of marathon sports. A professor of Canadian literature at the University of Ottawa, he held the Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies at University College Dublin, 1997-98. He has written and edited some twenty books that range from meditation to memoir and poetry to poetics. He has lectured and done readings through much of Canada and Europe, as well as in the United States, Japan, India, Australia, Greenland, and the Canary Islands. He lives with his wife, Beverley, in Peterborough, ON. Invisible Among the Ruins edited by John Moss Literary Non-Fiction 166 pages Trade Paper w/ French Flaps 5.5" X 8.5" ISBN 1896951198 $19.95 CDN