Poet, fiction writer, and critic David Lloyd directs the Creative Writing Program at Le Moyne College. His latest book, a poetry collection titled Warriors, has just been published by Salt Publishing (April 2012). |
Upcoming readings include:
Thurs., August 2, 2012, 7:30 PM, the Imperial Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK (open mike to follow).
Thurs.,
July 27, 7:15 PM, Shankland Library, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales,
UK. North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and
History Bi-Annual Conference (with other poets).
Fri. July 20, 2012, the Cafe Bar in the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales, UK (with Robert Minhinnick).
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HIS POETRY AND FICTION READINGS CLICK HERE.
David Lloyd is the author of seven other books, available at amazon.com and elsewhere:
• a book length poem sequence, The Gospel According to Frank, in a new expanded edition (New American Press, 2009). More information.
• the original Gospel According to Frank (New American Press, 2002). More information.
• a poetry anthology, Other Land: Contemporary Poems on Wales
and Welsh-American Experience (Parthian Books, 2009). More information.
• a fiction collection, Boys: Stories and a Novella
(Syracuse University Press, 2004). More information.
• a poetry chapbook, The Everyday Apocalypse (Three
Conditions Press, 2003). More information.
• a collection of interviews, Writing on the Edge:
Interviews with Writers and Editors of Wales (Rodopi, 1997).
• a poetry anthology, The Urgency of Identity: Contemporary English-language Poetry from Wales (Northwestern UP, 1994). More information.
In 2000 David Lloyd received the Poetry Society of
America’s Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, judged by W. D. Snodgrass. In 2001 he was a Distinguished Scholar
Fulbright Award for residence at the University
of Wales, Bangor,
UK. At Le Moyne College
he held the Rev. Francis J. Fallon, SJ, Professor endowed chair, 1998-2001 and
the Rev. Kevin G. O’Connell, SJ, Professor in the Humanities endowed chair, 2005-2008.
He served as poetry editor for DoubleTake/Points of Entry and as fiction editor
for the 2008 issue of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New
York. His stories, poems, articles, and interviews, have appeared
in numerous magazines including Colorado Review, Crab Orchard Review, Denver
Quarterly, Planet, and TriQuarterly. His critical work focuses on contemporary Irish and Welsh poetry in English.
To contact David Lloyd for a poetry or fiction reading: lloyd@lemoyne.edu
His listing on Poets & Writers.