White House Poetry Revival Wed 2nd Aug 2006

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed 2nd August 2006 9.00pm

This weeks special guest is Limerick poet Cristoir O Flynn

The White House Poets in association with Foras na Gaeilge continue their series of bi-lingual poetry readings this Wednesday 2nd Aug. 2006 at 9.00pm in the White House pub, 52 O Connell Street , Limerick

Christoir O'Flynn was born in Limerick in 1927. He has published over forty books in English and Irish. His plays have been produced at The Abbey, The Gate, and Damer theatres in Dublin, the Lyric in Belfast, and An Taibhdhearc, Galway. He has also written many plays for radio and television. His main work includes the novels Lá Dá Bhfaca Thú (1955); and Learairí Lios an Phúca (1965). His short story collections are Oineachlann (1968), and Sanctuary Island (1971). His drama includes In Dublin's Fair City (1959); Land of the Living (1962); Cóta Bán Chríost/The Order of Melchizedek (1966); Is É Dúirt Polonious (1967); Aggiornamento (1968); Mise Raifteri an File (1973); and An Spailpín Fánach (1988). His poetry collections include Ó Fhás go hAois (1969); Banana (1979); Aisling Dhá Abhainn (1977); Hunger Strike (1984); A Poet in Rome (1992); The Obelisk Year (1993); and Seacláidí Van Gogh (1996). His translations include Trí Gheata na Síioráiochta (from Dante's Divina Commedia, 1988); Irish Comic Poems (1994); The Bard of Thomand (1995); The Maigue Poets (1995), and Blind Raftery (1996). His memoir, There is an Isle, was published by Mercier (Cork, 1998). His awards include first prizes in all genres of Oireachtas literary competitions; the Irish Book Club Award (1955); the National Short Story 1916 Commemoration Award (1966); Douglas Hyde Memorial Award (1965); a Jacobs Television Award for Drama (1968); The Abbey Theatre Playwright's Bursary (1973), and the Oireachtas Translation Prize (1988). He lives in Co Dublin and is a member of Aosdána.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan and Dominic Taylor, the men behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick and seesthe involvement of Foras na Gaeilge as a recognition of the work they have put in to making the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.

As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets
Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com

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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:

the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

White House Poetry Revival Podcast No.14

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To listen back to a new Podcast of the White House Poetry Revival which featured Dublin poet Alan Jude Moore click on the link below. The reading was in association with Poetry Ireland.

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White House Poetry Revival Slide Show No.12

New Publication to be Launched by White House Poets

Three years after they began the now famous weekly White House Poetry Revival readings at the White House bar in Limerick City and one year after the publication of Microphone On - an anthology of poetry read at the White House, the White House Poets announce plans to publish a quarterly poetry journal dedicated to publishing the best of new contemporary poetry from local, national and international poets.

The publication, echoing the Revival readings, is to be called 'Revival' and will provide a platform for poets, both published and unpublished, to have their work published in a quality journal. The first issue is due out in October 2006 and will be launched at Cuisle - Limerick City International Poetry Festival.

Dominic Taylor, the editor of 'Revival', said that he believed the White House Poets were again furthering the cause of poetry in Limerick by bringing out this new publication and he was especially pleased that they have secured the financial backing of Limerick City Council for it.

Submissions are now being accepted for 'Revival' and submission guidelines can be seen at http://revivalpoetrybook.blogspot.com/
or contact the White House Poets at whitehousepoets@eircom.net or phone 087 2996409.

White House Poetry Revival Wed. 26th July 2006

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 26th July 2006 9.00pm

This weeks special guest poet is Alan Jude Moore.

The White House Poets in association with Poetry Ireland are delighted to welcome Dublin poet Alan Jude Moore this Wednesday 26th July to the White House pub, O Connell Street , Limerick.

Born in Dublin in 1973. Poetry has been widely published in Ireland, Europe and the USA. Recent publications include The Black Mountain Review, Cyphers and The Stinging Fly. Fiction has been short-listed for the Hennessy Literary Award. A first collection of poetry, Black State Cars, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2004.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan, the man behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continues to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick.
He welcomes the support of Poetry Ireland for this weeks reading.


As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets
Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com
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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:
the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

White House Poetry Revival Podcast No. 13

You can listen back to a new Podcast of the White House Poetry Revival with special guest bi-lingual poet Paddy Bushe by clicking on the link below.


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White House Poetry Revival Slide Show No.11

White House Poetry Revival Wed 19th July 2006

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed 19th July 2006 9.00pm

The White House Poets in association with Foras na Gaeilge continue their series of bi-lingual poetry readings this Wednesday 19th July at 9.00pm in the White House pub, 52 O Connell Street , Limerick

This weeks guest poet is Paddy Bushe

Paddy Bushe was born in Dublin and now lives in Co. Kerry. He has published seven collections of poetry, including two in Irish, as well as two books of translations. His two most recent collections are "The Nitpickin of Cranes" (Dedalus) and "Gile na Gile" (Coiscéim). In 2004 he won first prize in the Strokestown International Poetry Festival in Both English and Irish poetry, and is currently director of that festival.

Over the coming months many more bi lingual poets are booked to read including Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill,, Cathal O Searcaigh, Gabriel Rosenstock, Gearoid Mac Lochlainn, Cristoir O Flynn, plus many others.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan, the man behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continues to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick. He sees the involvement of Foras na Gaeilge as a recognition of the work they have put in to making the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.

As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com
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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:
the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

New Podcast - No.12 White House Poetry Revival

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You can listen back to a new Podcast of the White House Poetry Revival by clicking on the link below.

The special guest this week was Newcastle poet Keith Armstrong.

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White House Poetry Revival Slide Show No.10

Hugh Mc Fadden on John Jordan - Lyric FM

Lyric FM Saturday July 15th...

Portrait of John Jordan by Edward Maguire
John Jordan was a number of things a poet, a short story writer, a broadcaster, an actor, an academic and a raconteur who was equally at home in the in the physics theatre in Earlsfort Terrace and the snugs of McDaids. On this week's ArtszoneHugh Mc Fadden editor of Crystal Clear; The Selected Prose of John Jordan recently published by Lilliput Press talks to Eoin O Kelly about Jordan's life and work. There is also a chance to hear Jordan reading Boles and Azaleas a short story which was first broadcast on RTE's Sunday Miscellany in 1981.

To listen again to the show click here: http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/artszone/

White House Poetry Revival Wed 12th July 2006

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed 12th July 2006 9.00pm

This weeks special guest is North of England poet Keith Armstrong.

Born in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where he has worked as a community development worker, poet, librarian and publisher, Keith Armstrong, now residing in the seaside town of Whitley Bay makes a return visit to Limerick to read at the White House Poetry Revival.
Keith is coordinator of the Northern Voices creative writing and community publishing project which specialises in recording the experiences of people in the North East of England. He has organised several community arts festivals in the region and many literary events featuring the likes of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Douglas Dunn, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Katrina Porteous, Ian McMillan, Edward Bond, Edwin Morgan, Uwe Kolbe, Attila the Stockbroker, Brendan Cleary, Adrian Mitchell, Jackie Kay, Linda France, Frank Messina, Benjamin Zephaniah, Liz Lochhead, The Poetry Virgins, and The Poetry Vndals
His poetry has been extensively published in magazines such as New Statesman, Poetry Review, Dreamcatcher, Other Poetry, Aesthetica, Microphone On, Iron, Sand, The Poetry Business, and Poetry Scotland, as well as in the collections The Jingling Geordie, Dreaming North (with Graeme Rigby), Pains of Class and Imagined Corners, He has been described as 'a noble dissident.' by poet Brendan Cleary and as 'a genial rogue.' by Councillor Ken Manton, Durham County Council.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan, the man behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continues to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick.

As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets
Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/ Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
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The White House Poets acknowledge the support of:
the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

White House Poetry Revival Podcast No.11

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You can listen to a new Podcast of the White House Poetry Revival by clicking on the link below.

http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
This weeks guest was award winning US poet Fanny Howe.

The White House Poets acknowledge the support of: the White House Pub, the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council

White House Poetry Revival Slide Show No.9

Call For Poetry Submissions

New Publication to be Launched by White House Poets

Three years after they began the now famous weekly White House Poetry Revival readings at the White House bar in Limerick City and one year after the publication of Microphone On - an anthology of poetry read at the White House, the White House Poets announce plans to publish a quarterly poetry journal dedicated to publishing the best of new contemporary poetry from local, national and international poets.

The publication, echoing the Revival readings, is to be called 'Revival' and will provide a platform for poets, both published and unpublished, to have their work published in a quality journal. The first issue is due out in October 2006 and will be launched at Cuisle - Limerick City International Poetry Festival.

Dominic Taylor, the editor of 'Revival', said that he believed the White House Poets were again furthering the cause of poetry in Limerick by bringing out this new publication and he was especially pleased that they have secured the financial backing of Limerick City Council for it.

Submissions are now being accepted for 'Revival' and submission guidelines can be seen at http://revivalpoetrybook.blogspot.com/
or contact the White House Poets at whitehousepoets@eircom.net or phone 087 2996409.

White House Poetry Revival Wed 5th July 2006

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White House Poetry Revival
Wed 5th. July 2006 9.00pm


This weeks guest poet is US poet Fanny Howe.

Fanny Howe was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1940. Her recent collections of poetry include Selected Poems (University of California Press, 2000), Forged (1999), Q (1998), One Crossed Out (1997), O'Clock (1995), and The End (1992). Howe is also the author of several novels, including Nod (Sun & Moon Press, 1998), short story collections, books for young adults, and the collection of literary essays The Wedding Dress: Meditations on Word and Life (University of California Press, 2003). Howe was the recipient of the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for her Selected Poems. She has also won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Poetry Foundation, the California Council for the Arts, and the Village Voice, as well as fellowships from the Bunting Institute and the MacArthur Colony. She has lectured in creative writing at Tufts University, Emerson College, Columbia University, Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three years. Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work. Barney Sheehan, the man behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continues to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick.

As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.

Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets

Blog Http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/