Exquisite Prisons

Edward O'Dwyer is a secondary school teacher, poet and fiction writer from Limerick, Ireland. Exquisite Prisons is his third collection of poems from Salmon Poetry. It follows The Rain on Cruise's Street (2014), which was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes, and Bad News, Good News, Bad News (2017), which contains the poem, 'The Whole History of Dancing', winner of the Best Original Poem award from Eigse Michael Hartnett Festival 2018. He has represented Ireland at Poesiefestival, Berlin, for their European 'renshi' project. He took part in Poetry Ireland's Introductions Series, and has been shortlisted for a Hennessy Award for Emerging Poetry. His first short story collection, Cheat Sheets, was published by Truth Serum Press in 2018 and features on The Lonely Crowd journal's 'Best Books of 2018' list. His poems and stories have been published in journals and anthologies around the world, both digitally and in print. He is the current Poet Laureate of Adare, Limerick, named by Poetry Ireland as part of their Poetry Town initiative.