White House Poetry, 30th June 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest Susan Millar DuMars

When: Wednesday, 30th June 2010, from 9pm

Where: The White House pub, O'Connell Street, Limerick

At the White House this week (30th June, starting at 9pm) reading from her brand new second collection, Dreams for Breakfast (Salmon Publishing) is Susan Millar DuMars. As well as this special presentation, there will be an open-mic reading session, to which all our comers on the night will be invited and encouraged to contribute a poem or two. As always, there is no admission fee and complimentary finger food will be provided.

Susan Millar DuMars was born in Philadelphia in 1966 and holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco. Her poems and short stories have been published widely in the US, UK and Ireland, and she had poetry included in the 2004 Anthology I, published by Ainnir.

In 2005, Lapwing in Belfast published a pamphlet of her poems, entitled Everyone Loves Me, to rave reviews, and the same year she was awarded an Irish Arts council Bursary for her fiction. In 2007 then, a volume of short stories was published by Lapwing under the title American Girls.

Living in Galway, since 2003 Susan and her husband, poet Kevin Higgins, have been organising the successful Over The Edge literary evenings. Her first full collection of poems is Big Pink Umbrella, published in 2008 by Salmon, to which Dreams for Breakfast is the follow-up. The new book will of course be available as well for purchase on the night, and the poet will sign these with personalised messages for anyone interested.

Of Susan's work, renowned poet Rita Ann Higgins says: "DuMars will not rush sadness, but instead makes language do its poignant job of revealing and evoking strong feelings... Her style of retelling is unique; she doesn't mince her words, she spares them and makes them work."