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Michael S. Begnal. Courtesy Salmon Poetry.

Michael S. Begnal (born 1966) is an American / Irish poet.

Life[]

Youth and education[]

Begnal was born in the United States and grew up in central Pennsylvania.

He earned a B.A. in English literature from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of North Carolina.[1]

Career[]

More recently he has spent 9 years in Ireland. He was editor of the Irish literary magazine The Burning Bush.

His work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales, Translation Ireland, BlazeVOX, The Blue Canary, Shearsman, Natural Bridge, Vallum, and many other journals. He is also included in anthologies such as Breaking the Skin: New Irish poetry (Black Mountain Press), and Six Gallery Press's Jacob's Ladder. His Irish-language (Gaelic) writing appears in the Go Nuige Seo anthologies (Coisceim), and elsewhere.

Begnal's collection The Lakes of Coma was brought out by Six Gallery Press in 2003. Another collection, Ancestor Worship, is published (2005) by Irish press Salmon Poetry. Six Gallery Press has also released his booklet, Mercury, the Dime.

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • The Lakes of Coma. Geneva, OH: Six Gallery Press, 2003.
  • Mercury, the Dime. Pittsburgh, PA: Six Gallery Press, 2005.
  • Ancestor Worship. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 2007.
  • Future Blues. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 2014.

Edited[]

  • Honeysuckle, Honeyjuice: A tribute to James Liddy. Galway, Ireland: Arlen House, 2006. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1-903631-71-3


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. Michael Begnal, English, Ball State University. Web, Nov. 27, 2015.
  2. Search results = au:Michael S. Begnal, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 27, 2015.

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