This week, I'm delighted to welcome the very brilliant Maurice Scully onto the Sunday Scrapbook. Described on the (very interesting, but difficult to please) new poetry blog - "Worse he Spoke"... as a "natural" in his readings "with a cuddlesome baritone range" - Maurice is a very interesting and articulate writer. He thinks big with his biggest project so far being the 8 book project called "Things that Happen" which spans 25 years of work.
On the show - which is on the theme of movement - he promises to read from his upcoming collection "Several Dances" including at least one world exclusive, previously unread in public anywhere, piece.
He was born in Dublin in 1952. Spent his childhood between Dublin, Clare & the Ring Gaeltacht. Studied TCD, where he edited the college lit mag Icarus & began writing.
Early ‘80s edited The Beau mag & co-ordinated The Beau Events. 1987 organized The Coelacanth Poetry Reading Series, with a strong emphasis on ‘avant garde’ poets.
Worked abroad on & off during the 80s. Early 90s based in the west of Ireland & worked in 3rd level until the mid-noughties.
Worked abroad on & off during the 80s. Early 90s based in the west of Ireland & worked in 3rd level until the mid-noughties.
Books include:
Love Poems & Others, 1981 (Raven Arts Press, Dublin)
5 Freedoms of Movement, 1987 (Galloping Dog Press, Newcastle)
The Basic Colours, 1994 (Pig Press, Durham)
Priority, 1995 (Writers Forum, London)
Steps, 1998 (Reality Street Editions, London)
Livelihood, ’04 (Wild Honey Press, Bray)
Tig, 2006 (Shearsman Books, Exeter)
Sonata, 2006 (Reality Street Editions, Hastings)
Humming, 2009 (Shearsman Books)
5 Freedoms of Movement, 1987 (Galloping Dog Press, Newcastle)
The Basic Colours, 1994 (Pig Press, Durham)
Priority, 1995 (Writers Forum, London)
Steps, 1998 (Reality Street Editions, London)
Livelihood, ’04 (Wild Honey Press, Bray)
Tig, 2006 (Shearsman Books, Exeter)
Sonata, 2006 (Reality Street Editions, Hastings)
Humming, 2009 (Shearsman Books)
A selected was published by Dedalus Press in 2008, Doing the Same in English & a childrens’ picture-book in collaboration with the artist Bianca Grunwald-Game, What Is The Cat Looking At? was published in Berlin in 1995.
A new selection of work, Touring The Lattice is due from Veer Books, London, in the autumn of 2011 & a new book Several Dances is in preparation. A CD, Mouthpuller, was produced in collaboration with Randolph Healy of Wild Honey Press in 2000.
He is married to Mary Carroll & they have 4 children.
and can be caught up with, in the flesh, on the 4th of November in Trinity chapel, where he'll be performing.
You can't afford to miss this one - tis on at 4pm, (9pm in Karachi) on liffey sound this Sunday - you can listen live on the liffey sound button on the right there, or catch up as usual on http://sundayscrapbook.blogspot.com
6 comments:
You had me from "cuddlesome baritone range".
We look forward to your company then then! :-)
Aargh! You stars! I listened to the mega-show whilst painting tonight and you are the French and Saunders of radio! Only more intellectual. And probably thinner. And with Irish accents. And a slight tendency to giggle. Hmmm...
Great conversation, great poems, great music but most of all, great people! Agree with some of what you said, disagreed with other bits, loved the way D'Oub talks so fast, loved it all. You should get a network show. Unless this is a network show.
P.S. Just copying this comment to both of you, as can't be arsed to type it twice.
Thanks Titus, very sweet!!
What did you disagree with? I often change my mind on a lot of what I'd be spouting on about too... I'd be interested to hear your take.
Oub was brillo alright, watch this space for more from her fabness!
The bit that really stuck in my ear was when you were talking about writing about people close to you, and how you would not wish to hurt them, so would change name/circumstances etc even if you kept the emotion/incident.
Not me. I must have met a devil at a crossroads once, for I'll put anything in. In fact, I'll especially put the really painful, horrible stuff in.
Remember the Glastonbury one from yonks ago? Craig went all funny on me for days. And I've got some stuff here that will make it into print, and it's horrible, and it's about people I love. You are nice. I am nasty.
Hmm, not sure if it's niceness or chicken-ness - either way, that kinda stuff only makes it into the private diary!
and yes I do remember that Glasto one, twas something to go funny about alright, shows he cares I guess. ;-)
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