Irish Musicians/American Friends
Author Biography

Terence Winch recently published a book of non-fiction stories called That Special Place: New World Irish Stories (Hanging Loose, 2004) about his life in traditional Irish music. He has also published three books of poems—Irish Musicians/American Friends (Coffee House Press, 1985), which won an American Book Award; The Great Indoors (Story Line Press, 1995), winner of The Columbia Book Award; and The Drift of Things (The Figures, 2001)—and a book of short stories called Contenders (Story Line, 1989). Born and raised in New York City, he has lived in the Washington, DC area for many years. His work has appeared in three Best American Poetry collections, and in many other anthologies, as well as in such journals as Paris Review, The New Republic, New American Writing, Verse, and American Poetry Review. Recipient of an NEA Fellowship, a Fund for Poetry grant, and other honors, Winch also recorded three albums with Celtic Thunder, an Irish band he started with his brother in 1977. The band's INDIE-winning 1988 album, The Light of Other Days, includes Winch's best-known and most often-recorded song, "When New York Was Irish."