{"id":951,"date":"2013-11-27T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aber.ac.uk\/devolvedvoices\/?page_id=951"},"modified":"2018-04-19T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:03:07","slug":"interview-damian-walford-davies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/devolved-voices\/media\/interview-damian-walford-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Damian Walford Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2259\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/devolved-voices\/files\/2013\/11\/DWD-image-14-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Poet, editor and librettist, Damian Walford Davies is Professor of English in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of <em>Whiteout<\/em> (with Richard Marggraf Turley; Parthian, 2006); <em>Suit of Lights<\/em> (Seren, 2009); and <em>Witch<\/em> (Seren, 2012). His libretto for single voice, <em>The Mare\u2019s Tale<\/em>, was performed by the mid-Wales Chamber Orchestra in 2013. <em>Alabaster Girls<\/em> is forthcoming from Rack Press in 2014, and Seren will publish his collection <em>Judas<\/em> in 2015. He is currently completing a ghost story in verse entitled <em>Docklands<\/em> and a word-and-image project (with photographer Paul White) entitled <em>Poets\u2019 Graves<\/em> (Gomer, 2014). As a poet, he is particularly interested in the dramatic possibilities of the lyric.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Select Bibliography<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parthianbooks.com\/content\/whiteout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Whiteout <\/em><\/a>(Parthian, 2006) ISBN 9781905762156<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serenbooks.com\/book\/suit-of-lights\/9781854114938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Suit of Lights <\/em><\/a>(Seren, 2009) ISBN <span class=\"field-content\">9781854114938<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serenbooks.com\/book\/witch\/9781854115799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Witch <\/em><\/a>(Seren, 2012) ISBN <span class=\"field-content\">9781854115799<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Alabaster Girls (<\/em>Rack Press, forthcoming, 2014)<br \/>\n<em>Judas<\/em> (Seren, forthcoming, 2015)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X1qCw4DfXp0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyOoFZVQzMw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The views and opinions of interviewees are their own, and are not necessarily those of Devolved Voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poet, editor and librettist, Damian Walford Davies is Professor of English in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of Whiteout (with Richard Marggraf Turley; Parthian, 2006); Suit of Lights (Seren, 2009); and Witch (Seren, 2012). 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