[New-Poetry] Robert Greacen's poetry

[Robin Hamilton]

Hey, Jessie, this is great news!

I remember years ago Robert Greacen reading the Captain Fox poems in his 
flat in London (I think before the sequence was finished) what must be all 
of thirty years ago now.

Blew my mind (and I was over the moon when it came out as a book).

Matthew Sweeney was a member of that group, how I came to meet Robert in the 
first place.  I didn't actually teach Matthew -- he was on a different 
course -- but he was a student at North London Polytechnic (as was) while I 
was adjunct teaching there in the seventies.

How time passes ...

I'll check out the interview, and order the book, on Friday.  Typing this 
offline, as when I go online (at a wifi hotspot at the British Library) I 
pay £4.50 an hour, so I'm basically nicking on, uploading and downloading 
emails, then departing like a scalded rabbit till I get back home.

May I forward this announcement to british-poetry and poetry etc (if it's 
not been posted there already)?

Robin

(Give my regards to Robert if you're in touch with him.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: JforJames at aol.com
To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: [New-Poetry] Robert Greacen's poetry


In a message dated 6/20/2006 8:37:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jessie at salmonpoetry.com writes:
Hello Everyone,


Robert Greacen's poetry has been a crucial part of Northern Irish literature 
and culture for over 50 years. We are honoured to present his New & Selected 
Poems; published this month. http://salmonpoetry.com/greacen.html