Jessie Lendennie is founder and Managing Director of Salmon Poetry Ltd, Since 1981 she has commissioned, edited and published over three hundred books and twenty-six issues of The Salmon International Literary Journal. Salmon is known for its ground-breaking poetry, in particular that of Irish women poets at a time when the poetry of women was generally being ignored. Salmon is also known for its international range - in addition to its wide range of Irishpoets, Salmon has a noteworthy list of American, British and Canadian poets.
Jessie Lendennie's own publications include a book-length prosepoem 'Daughter' (1988, reprinted with addedpoems in 2003); 'The Salmon Guide to Poetry Publishing in Ireland(1990). She has complied and edited: 'Salmon: A Journey inPoetry, 1981-2007'; 'Poetry: Reading it, Writing It, Publishing It' (2009) and 'Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology'(2010).
She has given numerous workshops, lecturesand writing courses in Ireland and abroad, including Yale University;Rutgers University; The Irish Embassy, Washington D.C; The Universityof Alaska, Fairbanks and Anchorage; MIT, Boston; The Loft, Minneapolis, MN; Café Teatre, Copenhagen, Denmark; the University ofArkansas, Fayetteville; The Irish American Cultural Centre, Chicago and The Bowery Poetry Club, New York City.
She is currently working on a memoir ' To Dance Beneath the Diamond Sky,' and a new poetry collection 'Walking Here'." |
