{"title":"Richard W. Halperin","description":"Richard W. Halperin was born in 1943 and lives in Paris. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the City University of New York. His last office job was Chief of Teacher Education for the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. For UNESCO, he edited the booklet \u003cem\u003eReading and Writing Poetry: The Recommendations of Noted Poets from Many Lands on the Teaching of Poetry in Secondary Schools\u003c\/em\u003e. Since 2005, more than eighty of Mr. Halperin’s poems have been published, mainly in journals in Ireland and the U.K. \n\n‘For Victor Gollancz’ won first prize in the Blue Butterfly Christian Poetry Competition 2007. In 2009, he was Featured Poet in \u003cem\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/em\u003e’s Summer issue. He has given readings at the West Cork Literary Festival, the Dublin Writers Centre, the White House Pub (Limerick) and, in Paris, the Live Poets Society. \u003cem\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/em\u003e is Richard W. 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Halperin’s follow-up to Anniversary draws inspiration from the visionary, matter-of-fact magic of some of the world’s great literary traditions: Irish, Russian, French, Jewish. Each poem is a portal into other stories: from Padraic Colum’s The King of Ireland’s Son to the Talmud to Sunset Boulevard. And looming large is the constant, powerful presence of the poet’s wife and mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richard Halperin must have lodged for a time with the sea-charts in the map-room of one of Calvino’s Invisible Cities...” – Macdara Woods\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard W. Halperin\u003c\/strong\u003e worked for UNESCO until his retirement in 2005. Over 200 of his poems have since appeared in magazines like \u003cem\u003ePoetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Ambit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlanet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCyphers\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e The Stinging Fly\u003c\/em\u003e (as a featured poet). His debut collection,\u003cem\u003e Anniversary\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2010 (ISBN 9781907056338). He has read his work throughout Ireland, including at the Guinness Book of Records marathon at Dublin’s Irish Writers’ Centre. 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She enters, her dog at her side,\/sunshine at her back, and deep shade.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard W. Halperin\u003c\/strong\u003e’s uniquely conversational poetic mode is known to those who have followed his ‘late arrival’ beginning with the seminal \u003cem\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/em\u003e (2010, Salmon Poetry).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5741859013,"sku":"9781910669204","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/Website_Holding_Image.jpg?v=1752240613"},{"product_id":"all-the-tattered-stars","title":"All the Tattered Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard W. Halperin's All the Tattered Stars: Selected \u0026amp; New Poems showcases ninety-two poems published by Salmon and by Lapwing since 2010 and twenty-six new poems - on the occasion of the poet's 80th birthday. 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