I've just completed a piece about James Liddy for An Sionnach, an Irish literary magazine run out of Creighton University. Sadly, James died recently and, as his Irish Times obituary attests, he is much missed by his many friends on both sides of the Atlantic. He was very good to me when I was teaching at Macalester College.
The collections under review were Wexford and Arcady and Askeaton Sequence, both published by Arlen House. Despite being separate collections, the books contain exactly the same text on the back cover, including the following phrase, "With this collection it can be said the poet has become in charge of his literary undertaking: he has been able finally to write out his own language." Anyway, it is good to see these books, and we must hope, now, for a new Selected Poems.
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John Redmond kibitzing on poetry, chess, and related matters,
My Books
- The Alexandra Sequence (poems, 2016)
- Poetry and Privacy (criticism, 2013)
- James Liddy: Selected Poems (editor, 2011)
- MUDe (poems, 2008)
- How to Write a Poem (2005)
- Thumb's Width (poems, 2001)
Future Publications
I am working on a book of poetry which dwells, amongst other things, on mumming. I am also working on a study of food in contemporary poetry.
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