Out of the Ordinary: The Poetry of Greg Delanty

Abstract

Abstract:Born in Cork City in 1958, Greg Delanty has been an innovative and individual voice in Irish and American poetry for nearly forty years. His accolades and publications are too many to list, but highlights include the Patrick Kavanagh Award, a Dowling Poetry Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Foundation grant; most recently, he was the recipient of the inaugural David Ferry and Ellen LaForge Poetry Prize. He has published many collections, including American Wake, The Hellbox, The Blind Stitch, The Ship of Birth, Book Seventeen, and No More Time.