Death of James Liddy

November 5th, 2008

James Liddy passed away yesterday at the age of 73. Born in Dublin in 1934, Liddy is perhaps best known for his early collections, In A Blue Smoke (1964) and Blue Mountain (1968). The first volume of his memoir, The Doctor’s House: An Autobiography, was published in 2004. He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee along with Smartish Pace poet Marilyn Taylor.

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