Catherine Walsh (poet)
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Catherine Walsh is an Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 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...

. She was born in Dublin, and grew up there and in rural Wexford
Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...

. She is the founder and co-editor of 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,...

 with Billy Mills
Billy Mills (poet)
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 of the hardPressed Poetry imprint and The Journal...

. She currently lives in Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

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Her books include
  • Macula (Dublin, Red Wheelbarrow Press, 1986)
  • The Ca Pater Pillar Thing and More Besides (Dublin, hardPressed Poetry, 1986)
  • Making Tents (hardPressed Poetry, 1987)
  • Short Stories (UK, Twickenham and Wakefield, North & South, 1989)
  • from Pitch (London, Form Books, 1993)
  • Pitch (Durham, UK, Pig press, 1994)
  • Idir Eatortha & Making Tents (London, Invisible Books, 1997)
  • Etruscan Books Reader No 1 ( Devon, Etruscan Books, 1997)
  • from City West (Vermont, Longhouse, 1997)
  • City West (Exeter, UK, Shearsman Books, Ltd, 2005)
  • Optic Verve (Exeter, UK, Shearsman Books, Ltd, 2009)

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