Nicolas Low Nicolas Low i(A143001 works by) (a.k.a. Nic Low)
Born: Established:
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
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1 Ain't No D in the DMZ Nicolas Low , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best of The Lifted Brow Volume Two 2017;

'I'm on a bus headed for the DMZ. demilitarised zone. The Cold-War buffer between North and South Korea. It's four kilometres wide and has two things in abundance: military hardware and unmolested wildlife. Or somewhat unmolested wildlife. I once met a writer named Kim Young-ha who grew up just south of the DMZ. He'd be drifting off to sleep and in the stillness, every now and then, he'd hear this whumpf. A deer hitting a landmine. Actually, three things flourish in the DMZ. Military hardware, wildlife, and tourists. I'm here for work, minding a bunch of touring writers, and it's our day off. On an idle whim we go to a low-ceilinged cubicle in a plush Seoul hotel where we flash our passports and for $75 each are driven to the no-man's land between two warring nations. Wearing visitor's badges. What kind of batshit scheme is this? There are two million soldiers along the border with just a rusty ceasefire keeping them apart. South Korea's proud and stubborn. North Korea is demonstrably unstable, like my best friend in high school who collected knives and lived with his racist foster grandmother and burgled houses on his lunch break. The two Koreas have firefights on a semi-regular basis. Tourist heaven. Bus 'em in.'  (Publication abstract)

1 Solidarity Grid Nicolas Low , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 23 no. 4 2017;
1 y separately published work icon Kanganoulipo Ryan O'Neill , Julie Koh , Tom Cho , Eric Dando , Dave Drayton , Patrick Lenton , Nicolas Low , Jeffrey D. Phillips , Jane Rawson , Robert Skinner , Elizabeth Tan , William Yeoman , Australia : 2016-2017 24908180 2016 website prose The website of an experimental writing showcase.
1 Strong Ambitions Nicolas Low , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10 October 2015;
1 3 y separately published work icon Arms Race : And Other Stories Nicolas Low , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2014 7449634 2014 selected work short story (taught in 1 units)

'Data theft, internet memes, advertising, terrorism, indigenous sovereignty, drone warfare, opium addiction, syphilis, the moon landing, mining, oil slicks, climate change, giant octopuses: nothing is spared in this collection. Nic Low's stories go beyond satire, aiming for the dark heart of our collective obsession with technology, power and image.

'Set variously in London, an Indian village, remote Mongolia, the West Australian outback and mountainous New Zealand, these are prescient visions of the future and outlandish reimaginings of the past. Arms Race is an arresting debut from a fierce, playful new voice in Australian writing.' (Publication summary)

1 Rush Nicolas Low , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 213 2013; (p. 41-46)
1 1 Rush Nicolas Low , 2012 single work short story
1 Super Feats of Empathy Nicolas Low , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 52)

— Review of What the Family Needed Steven Amsterdam , 2011 single work novel
1 Octopus Nicolas Low , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 34 2011; (p. 55-63)
1 Lotus : Laos Nicolas Low , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 6 2010; (p. 78-81)
1 Kalgoorlie (One Night In) Nicolas Low , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Herding Kites : A Celebration of Australian Writing 2008; (p. 231-235)
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