James Francis Cahillane

Author's Bio

I'm a member of the Florence Poets Society in Florence, MA & The New England Poetry Club. December 2010 Florence Poets Society published my new book: ON HISTORY'S FRONT STEPS One Irish Clans Exploits in Northampton, Massachusetts "The Paradise of America". Revealed in Poems, Images & Essays 1930-2010.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

ON HISTORY'S FRONT STEPS (Florence Poets Society, 2010), The Best Place of All: An Irish-American Memoir of Pluck, Luck & Automobiles (350th Anniversary Committee of the City of Northampton, 2004)

Chapbooks:

A Winter Offering and A Second Collection (Florence Poets Society, 2007)

Anthologies:

Silkworm 5 (Florence Poets Society, 2011)

Journals:

Distillery, Illya's Honey, Ship of Fools, Silkworm, Soundings East, South Carolina Review

Prizes:

Honorable Mention for A WINTER OFFERING in Writer's Digest International Self-Published Poetry competition 2006. 2009 Grant: Northampton, MA Arts Council towards On History's Front Steps.

James Francis Cahillane Resume

Personal Favorites

Favorite Books:

84 Charing Cross Road & Film The Country Without a Post Office History and Nonfiction in general.

Favorite Authors:

C.S. Lewis Agha Shahid Ali A. D. Cousins

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Listing last updated: June 30, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Northampton, MA

Raised in:

Northampton, MA