Eamon Grennan
Eamon Grennan has said, “As far as I’m concerned, poetry is about elegy. Every poem is a memory of some kind, a celebratory elegy. Poems are like shells. Something is gone and that’s why you write.” His volumes of poetry include So It Goes, Still Life with Waterfall, The Quick of It, and the recently published Matter of Fact. He writes in both the ancient tradition of mournful remembrance in attention to the natural world and the modern impulse to seize and preserve the moment. Grennan returns to his native Ireland yearly for “voice transfusions” from his home in New York, where he teaches at Vassar College.
Eamon Grennan elsewhere on Lannan.org
Eamon Grennan with Dennis O’Driscoll, 2008, (Events)Walt Whitman Tribute Evening, 2009, (Events)
Eamon Grennan Lannan Podcast Episodes
Eamon Grennan with Dennis O'Driscoll, 13 February 2008 - AudioWalt Whitman Tribute Evening featuring Eamon Grennan, Major Jackson, and Pattiann Rogers with Michael Silverblatt, 11 February 2009 - Audio
Eamon Grennan around the Web
Additional Photos of 13 February 2008 Event on FlickrAdditional Photos of 11 February 2009 Event on Flickr
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