Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951) is a British

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, performer and visual artist associated with the

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Life

O'Sullivan was born in

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, of Irish immigrant parents. She moved to

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in 1971 and worked for the

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until 1988. Her early work appeared in magazines such as '' Angel Exhaust''. She lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. O'Sullivan's work is influenced by Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Beuys, Jerome Rothenberg, Bob Cobbing and Basil Bunting. Her books include ''An Incomplete Natural History'' (1984), ''In the House of the Shaman'' (1993), ''Red Shifts'' (2000) and ''Palace of Reptiles'' (2003). She edited ''out of everywhere: An anthology of contemporary linguistically innovative poetry by women in North America & the UK'' (1996).

References

External links

Maggie O'Sullivan's website
*Lawrence Upton

* 1951 births Living people 21st-century British writers 21st-century English women writers British Poetry Revival English women poets Modernist women writers People from Hebden Bridge Women anthologists {{UK-poet-stub