Northern Irish poet Michael McKimm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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POETRY ALOUD
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Critical Perspective
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Still This Need.
In his own words
Latest news from the artist with links to articles and book reviews.
ABOUT MICHAEL MCKIMM
UK-Writer-in-Residence, University of Iowa, Fall 2010
Michael McKimm was born in Belfast in 1983 and now lives in London. He graduated from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Warwick in 2004, and won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007.
His poetry is published in various journals and anthologies, including
Best Irish Poetry in English 2010, and he reviews regularly for
The Warwick Review. Michael has read his work throughout the UK and Ireland, including at the
Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Stanza Festival and the Féile na Gréine in Co. Kerry. He has recently been commissioned to write poems for events at
Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts, London. His first collection of poetry is
Still This Need (Heaventree Press, 2009).
