- Edmund Cusick
Edmund Cusick (1962-2007) was a writer and academic.
He began his career as a
lexicographer for theOxford English Dictionary , but established it atLiverpool John Moores University as professor of Imaginative Writing.One of Cusick's early courses at Liverpool John Moores was mentioned on national radio at its inception, ["Loose Ends" with Ned Sherrin, 1993] due to its focus on
fantasy andscience fiction writing, which at the time was rare in universities. Due to the subject matter of some of his courses, Cusick was called upon to comment in the press aboutTolkien 's works, when they were given renewed popularity by the release ofThe Lord of the Rings (film) . [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-80800028.html Why magical movie will be hobbit forming; MOVIES WITH JOE RILEYExpert Edmund Cusick gives a bluffer's guide to Lord Of The Rings.(Features) | Article from Liverpool Echo (Live... ] ]Cusick wrote three books of poetry, and his poems were also published in the New Welsh Review and Poetry Wales. [ [http://www.academi.org/archive/i/129062/ News Archive ] ] He was a regular visitor, often bringing his students, to
Ty Newydd . He first attended as a student but later was scheduled to teach some courses there himself.Cusick was an associate member of the Welsh Academy [ [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/mcc/englishResearch/staff/Edmund%20Cusick/Edmund%20Cusick.htm English Research Group ] ] and member of the
International Association for Jungian Studies , [ [http://www.jungianstudies.org/conferences/greenwich/abstracts/grenprog001.htm Greenwich Conference Programme ] ] who, reviewing his poems, considered them an application of Jungian ideas to Celtic and other myths. Cusick won a prize in the Housman Poetry Competition in 1998, a Jerwood writing fellowship, and the Keats-Shelly Memorial Prize in 2005 for his poem "Speaking in Tongues." [http://www.keats-shelley.co.uk/ASSETS/finalksma_winter2006_hr.pdf]He also co-edited and contributed to a handbook for writers, and edited anthologies.
Works
"Gronw’s Stone: Voices from the Mabinogion" (1997) Headland Publications (ISBN 0903074974) by Ann Gray annd Edmund Cusick"Blodeuwedd: an Anthology of Women Poets" (2001) Headland Publications (ISBN 1902096711)"Ice Maidens" (2006) Headland Publications (ISBN 1902096940)"The Writer’s Workbook" (Hodder Arnold, 2000). (ISBN 034076001X) edited by Jenny Newman, Edmund Cusick and Aileen La Tourette)"Poetry Pool" (ISBN 1902096983) Edited by Gladys Mary Coles, Aileen La Tourette and Edmund Cusick.
References
External links
* [http://www.academi.org/archive/i/129062/ Obituary by Gladys-Mary Coles, from academi.org]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158129886.html Obituary from the Liverpool Daily Post]
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