John Redmond was born and brought up in Dublin. After taking a doctorate in contemporary poetry at the University of Oxford, he spent two years teaching at Macalester College in Minnesota. He was associated for some time with the poetry magazine Thumbscrew, and has reviewed poetry for the LRB, the TLS, the Irish Times, and the Guardian. He was twice runner-up in the Irish Chess Championship. Currently, he teaches in the English Department at the University of Liverpool.
In The Alexandra Sequence John Redmond views contemporary urban life through the suggestive prism of the mummers' play, a seasonal British folk-theatre staged in the streets and door-to-door. The book takes its title from an area of Liverpool, a city shaped by its recent history...
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