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James
Liddy's writing defies labelling. It combines American
and Irish-American contexts; possessing states of history,
and states of love, which are not often represented in contemporary
poetry. Liddy's poems speak with an intimate voice, and
a cajoling sense of intrigue. Gold Set Dancing is
divided into three sections: the first contains poems with
Irish themes; the last largely features the American Midwest
and the city of Milwaukee, his adopted home. The middle
section consists of prose poems celebrating the lives of
the poet's grandparents.
About
the Author
James
Liddy was born in 1934, the son of an Irish father and
an Irish-American mother.Ê He was brought up in County Wexford
and County Clare, educated by the Benedictine monks at Glenstal,
and at University College, Dublin (and by Patrick Kavanagh
in McDaid's).Ê He has been a Professor of English at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for twenty years.Ê His
Collected Poems appeared in 1994 from Creighton University
Press.Ê A critical study of his work, by Brian Arkins, is
in preparation.
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