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Maggie O'Sullivan

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Maggie O'Sullivan in 2009. Courtesy The Other Room.

Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951) is an English poet, performer, and visual artist associated with the British Poetry Revival.

Life[]

O'Sullivan was born in Lincoln, England of Irish immigrant parentsTemplate:Fact. She moved to London in 1971 and worked for the BBC until 1988. Her early work appeared in magazines such as Angel Exhaust. She lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Her books include An Incomplete Natural History (1984), In the House of the Shaman (1993), Red Shift (2000) and Palace of Reptiles (2003). She edited out of everywhere: An anthology of contemporary linguistically innovative poetry by women in North America & the UK (1996).

Writing[]

O'Sullivan's work is influenced by Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Beuys, Jerome Rothenberg, Bob Cobbing and Basil Bunting.

Publications[]

  • Concerning Spheres. Bristol, UK: Broken Ground Press, 1982.
  • An Incomplete Natural History. London: Writers Forum, 1984.
  • A Natural History, in 3 incomplete parts. London: Magenta, 1985.
  • Divisions of Labour. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Galloping Dog, 1985.
  • From the Handbook of That, and Furriery (piece for voice and slides). London: Writers Forum, 1986.
  • States of Emergency. Oxford, UK: International Concrete Poetry Archive, 1986.
  • Unofficial World. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Galloping Dog, 1988.
  • In the House of the Shaman. London: Reality Street, 1993.
  • eXcLa (with Bruce Andrews). London: Writers Forum, 1993.
  • Out of Everywhere: Linguistically innovative poetry. London: Reality Street, 1996.
  • Etruscan Reader III (by Maggie O'Sullivan, David Gascoyne, & Barry McSweeney). Newcastle under Lyme, UK: Etruscan, 1997.
  • Red Shifts. Buckfastleigh, S. Devonshire, UK: Etruscan, 2001.
  • All Origins are Lonely. London: Veer Books, 2003.
  • Palace of Reptiles. Willowdale, ON: The Gig, 2003.
  • Body of Work. Hastings, UK: Reality Street, 2006.
  • Windows Opening. Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2007.
  • Alto: London poems, 1975-1984. London: Veer Books, 2009.
  • Murmur: Tasks of mourning. London: Veer Books, 2011.
  • Waterfalls. Hastings, UK: Reality Street, 2012.


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Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[1]

Audio / video[]

  • Her/story: Eye (CD). Stem, 2004.[1]

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References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Search results = au:Maggie O'Sullivan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 4, 2015.

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