Billy Mills (poet)
Encyclopedia
Billy Mills is an Irish
experimental poet
. He was born in Dublin, and lived in Barcelona
from 1986 to 1989, after which he taught English
in Eastbourne
. He lives in Limerick, Ireland. He is the founder and co-editor (with poet Catherine Walsh
) of the hardPressed Poetry
imprint and The Journal
. The goal of hardPressed Poetry is to publish and distribute mainly Irish poetry "that you won't often find in your local bookshop".
Mills is a regular contributor of articles on The Guardian
newspaper's book blog
.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
experimental poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He was born in Dublin, and lived in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
from 1986 to 1989, after which he taught English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
. He lives in Limerick, Ireland. He is the founder and co-editor (with poet Catherine Walsh
Catherine Walsh (poet)
Catherine Walsh is an Irish poet. She was born in Dublin, and grew up there and in rural Wexford. She is the founder and co-editor of hardPressed Poetry with Billy Mills...
) of the hardPressed Poetry
HardPressed Poetry
hardPressed poetry is an Irish-based poetry publisher run by poets Billy Mills and Catherine Walsh. They have published books by themselves and by Michael Carlson, Brian Coffey, Matthew Geden, Harry Gilonis, Robert Hampson, Randolph Healy, Trevor Joyce, David Lloyd, David Miller, Tom Raworth,...
imprint and The Journal
The Journal
The Journal was a popular current affairs newsmagazine on CBC Television from 1982 to 1992. It aired weeknights at 10:22 pm, following The National at 10:00 pm, and expanding on stories presented on there with in-depth interviews, documentaries, and televised "town hall" meetings...
. The goal of hardPressed Poetry is to publish and distribute mainly Irish poetry "that you won't often find in your local bookshop".
Mills is a regular contributor of articles on The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper's book blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
.
Works
- Genesis and Home (hardPressed Poetry, 1985)
- On First Looking into Lorine NiedeckerLorine NiedeckerLorine Faith Niedecker was a Wisconsin poet and the only woman associated with the Objectivist poets...
(hardPressed Poetry, 1986) - A Small Love Song (Red Wheelbarrow Press, 1986 - folded broadsheet)
- Triple Helix (hardPressed Poetry, 1987)
- Letters from BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(Dedalus, 1990) - Properties Of Stone (Writers Forum, London, 1996)
- 5 Easy Pieces (Shearsman, Plymouth, 1997)
- HoraceHoraceQuintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...
: 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)
- Lares/Manes: Collected Poems (Shearsman, 2009)