Moon & Star Moments

Liddy, James

At-Swim Press

Concludes the autobiographical explorations Liddy began in his earlier memoirs. In addition to recollections of Anne Yeats and Padraic Colum, reflections on George Moore and the Emperor Karl of Austria, there are several meditations on his awareness of his own death, and on Feast of the Transfiguration: a vision of life informed by the energies of the spirit.

It Swings from Side to Side

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Arlen House

Collected Poems

A collection by one of Ireland's most engaging and independent poets.

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Creighton University Press

A collection by one of Ireland's most engaging and independent poets.

Fordham University Press

There is a strong voice in this memoir and one that shows the reader a sense of fun and development, an intellect that spills onto the page with an artistic diction drowned with people and places, pubs and writers, reflections and recordings.--An Sionnach.

The Doctor's House: An Autobiography

Salmon Poetry

This second memoir by James Liddy (The Doctor's House, 2004) takes a different perspective, exploring the world of Liddy's parents and their friends in mid-twentieth century Ireland. He presents an extensive gallery of portraits of those he knew in Ireland and the U.S. including his peers at University College Dublin and many senior American writers and literary figures. The memoir, unusually (in keeping with Liddy's eccentric style) includes short stories set in the years of his growing up in Ireland. The effect is personal, exhilarating and definitely more than nostalgic. For over 20 years, James Liddy lived in Milwaukee where he was a Professor in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and taught creative writing, and Irish and Beat literature. He died at his home in the U.S. on November 4th, 2008 after a short illness.

The Full Shilling

Memoirs

James Liddy cannot conveniently be categorized, and occasionally he confounds even his own fans. One of Ireland’s foremost poets, he is unabashedly gay and unabashedly Catholic. Liddy’s poetic form is dictated solely by the organic flow of his consciousness, weaving images of religion and sexuality into a drama of beauty, love, and ritual. In this collection in particular, his outsider poetic stance is in no small way connected with his vision of himself as a sexual outlaw. His is a challenging voice in a country where the weight of poetic tradition is heavier than most.

I Only Know That I Love Strength in My Friends and Greatness

FROM THE publication of his Collected Poems in 1994 to his recent death at the age of 74, James Liddy maintained a busy publishing schedule that included three collections of poetry and a volume of autobiography, as well as essays, reviews and translations published in the United States and Ireland. These new volumes start from divergent points: Askeaton Sequence setting out as an exploration of Wisconsin and Wexford and Arcady beginning as a re-visitation of Liddy's native Wexford. However, both books are underlined by various migrations across nations, time, and space and are, therefore, truly complementary. A visit to a Wisconsin Askeaton will evoke memories of the poet's family connection to Limerick's Askeaton.

Askeaton Sequence

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Moon & Star Moments

It Swings from Side to Side

Collected Poems

Collected Poems

The Doctor's House: An Autobiography

The Full Shilling

I Only Know That I Love Strength in My Friends and Greatness

Askeaton Sequence