Thursday, November 24th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm, FREE
Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway
Erin Buttner is a writer, baker,
broadcaster, and veteran living in Kinvara, Co Galway. A native New Yorker,
Erin immigrated to Ireland in 2008 to take a Master's degree in Writing at NUI
Galway. Her poetry has been published in Chronogram arts magazine in New
York, Three Times Daily and Ropes. She is presently drafting her
memoir based on the 4 years she spent serving in the US Military. She can be heard
every Sunday from 3-5pm on Rascal Radio.
Stephen Byrne is from Coolock North Dublin
but for last eight years has lived and sweated in a kitchen as a
chef in Galway. He has participated in Kevin Higgins's poetry class at
Galway Arts Centre and was chosen to participate in the poetry master class
with Simon Armitage at this years Cúirt Festival. He was short-listed for
in this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition. His interests
are mainly surrealist poetry and he is currently working on two
collections of poems. His work has been published in Longpoem magazine and
Arc Poetry Magazine in Canada.
Donna Potts grew up in Joplin, Missouri and
is a professor at Kansas State University. In 1994 her book length study of the
poetry of Howard Nemerov was published by University of Missouri Press. Her
book on contemporary Irish poetry is forthcoming also from University of
Missouri press. Her own debut collection of poetry, Waking Dreams, will be
published early next year by Salmon Poetry.
There will be an open-mic when the Featured
Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share.
New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan
Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council
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