Billy Mills (poet)
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Billy Mills (born 1954) is an Irish experimental poet. He was born in Dublin. He lived in Barcelona from 1986 to 1989, after which he taught English in Eastbourne. As of 2006, he lives in Ireland.[1] He is the founder and co-editor (with Catherine Walsh) of the hardPressed Poetry imprint and The Journal.[2] [3] hardPressed Poetry "publish and distribute mainly Irish poetry that you won't often find in your local bookshop".[4]
[edit] Works
- Genesis and Home (hardPressed Poetry, 1985)
- On First Looking into Lorine Niedecker (hardPressed Poetry 1986)
- A Small Love Song (Red Wheelbarrow Press, 1986 - folded broadsheet)
- Triple Helix (hardPressed Poetry 1987)
- Letters from Barcelona (Dedalus, 1990)
- Properties Of Stone (Writers Forum, London 1996)
- 5 Easy Pieces (Shearsman, Plymouth, 1997)
- Horace: 5 Traductions (Form Books, London 1997)
- Tiny Pieces (Wild Honey, Dublin 1998).
- A Small Book of Songs (Wild Honey, 1999)
- What is a Mountain? (hardPressed Poetry 2000).
[edit] References
- ^ Contributors to Poetry Salzburg Review
- ^ Irish Writers online
- ^ Example poems from Paper Places
- ^ hardPressed poetry
