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Annmarie
O'Connor
 Annmarie
O'Connor hails from Long Island, New York but has been living in
Ireland for nearly 17 years. With a mother from Inishbofin and a
father from Brooklyn, she seems to literally be caught between
"a rock and a hard place"! If you ask her what
nationality she considers herself to be, don't be suprised if the
answer is "a cross-cultural hybrid".
She attended University College Galway where she read English and
Italian at B.A. level and Literature and Publishing for her
Master's. She also studied Italian Renaissance theatre for a year
in Bologna where she cultivated her love for all things Italian
(which currently includes The Sopranos ).
She is currently working for a publishing company but has taught
at both third and second levels and apparently suffered an
ill-fated stint as a recruitment consultant.
Her favourite writers include Douglas Coupland (the subject of her
thesis), Bret Easton Ellis, Umberto Eco and Gabriel Garcia
Marquez.
Her influences as a poet are her own personal experiences. She
paraphrases Coupland in referring to them as "these small
silent moments which are the true story-making events of our
lives". (Life After God: p.255)
Her work has featured in Write Here! Right Now!, Voyage,
Mslexia, Lexikon, Snakeskin, The Gentle Reader, Purr and the
Greenwich Village Gazette, and can be seen here.
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