William Leo Coakley

Poet

New York, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

Have recently read my poetry at the Poetry Society, London,and at the Leslie-Lohman Museum,, the Irish American Writers and Artists,and the BoxoFFICE art gallery in New York, on Montreal's CKUT "Labour Radio," at the Union Square Barnes & Noble as part of the 2011 and 2015 W. B. Yeats Society Annual Award Winners programs; at the New England Poetry Club in Cambridge; and at the 2014-16 Rainbow Book Fairs.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology2017: Mingled Voices 2 (Proverse Publishing, 2018)

di-vêrsé-city Anthology 2017 (Austin International Poetry Festival, 2017)

Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2016 (Aesthetica Magazine Ltd., 2015)

Eddie's Own Aquarius (Dublin: Cahermee Publications, 2005)

Emerson of Harvard (Quill Books, 2003)

Humor in America (Open Places, 1984)

Sotheby's International Poetry Competition Anthology (Arvon Foundation, 1984)

Journals:

American Review

Assaracus

Christopher Street

Confrontation

Connotation Press: An Online Artifact

Cyphers

Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review

Irish Times

London Magazine

Mudfish

New York Quarterly

Paris Review

Raritan

The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide

The Nation

The Recusant

Prizes won:

"Discovery" Award,92nd St. Y Poetry Center; Duncan Lawrie Prize, Sotheby's International Poetry Competition; 2011 and 2015 W. B. Yeats Society Annual Award: Honorable Mentions; long list, Montréal Prize, 2015; finalist, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, 2015; longlist, National Poetry Competition (England), 2016; 2013 Der-Hovanessian Translation Prize, New England Poetry Club, Boston (for translation of a Cavafy poem); shortlist, 2019 Irish Times Hennessy. Prize for New Irish Writing.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Boston

Raised in:

Boston, MA

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Last update: Mar 20, 2018