Born in Montreal in 1966 Swift has lived in Budapest and Paris, and is now
based in London (UK). He took an MA in Creative Writing at the University
Of East Anglia (UEA) where his tutors were Denise Riley and George Szirtes.
He lectures part-time in English and Creative Writing at Kingston University
and is a Core Tutor with The Poetry School. He has been the Oxfam GB Poet
in Residence (a position he developed with Arts Council England) since 2004
and hosts the Oxfam Poetry Series.
His poetry has appeared widely in
publications such as The Guardian, Jacket, New American Writing, Poetry
Review, The Shop and Vallum.
His reviews have appeared in Books in Canada,
The Globe and Mail and Poetry London, among others.
His poetry appears in
the major anthologies Open Field (Persea, 2005) edited by Sina Queyras and
The New Canon (Véhicule, 2005) edited by Carmine Starnino. His poetry
collections, all from DC Books, Montreal, are Budavox (1999), Café Alibi
(2002) and Rue du Regard (2004).
With composer Tom Walsh he created the CD
Swifty Lazarus: The Envelope, Please (Wired On Words, 2002). He is the
editor of numerous poetry anthologies, including 100 Poets Against The War
(Salt, 2003) and the audio CD Life Lines: Poets for Oxfam.
He is poetry
editor of online magazine nth position. He is co-editor (with Jason Camlot)
of Language Acts (Véhicule), the first study of Anglo-Quebec poetry in 40
years, to be launched April 2007. He is currently editing The Carcanet Book
of 20th Canadian Verse.
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 people behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick.
The White House Poets would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Limerick City Council and the White House Bar for their continued support that has helped make 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 9.30 pm
As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so.
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/
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Website: http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/
E-mail: whitehousepoets@eircom.net
Blog: http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/
Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
Revival: http://revivalpoetrybook.blogspot.com/
How To get There
The White House pub is located in the centre of Limerick City at 52 O'Connell Street. Its exact location is on the corner of Glentworth Street and O'Connell Street, opposite the Ulster Bank and the Bank of Ireland. It is approximately 5 minutes walk from the train and bus station - exit the station and go down Davis Street, pass Taits Clock continue on down Glentworth Street and the White House is on the right hand corner at end of street.
Map http://www.limerick.com/streets/map.html
Visit the WhiteHousePoets and friends here:
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Buy the White House Anthology http://www.limerick.com/anthology.html
