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The interior of a heron's egg: Michael Donaghy, 1954-2004.(Notebook)(Obituary)
Once I heard a well-known poet grumble when faced with the prospect of following Michael Donaghy onstage. The poet didn't offer an explanation and didn't have to. Those in earshot simply understood that Donaghy abundantly possessed a skill lost to most of us: he was entertaining.
I had the pleasure of watching Donaghy perform his poems multiple times, and from what I can gather these performances were representative. Right away he distinguished himself by reciting his poems, rather than reading them from the page. Ignoring the podium, he would step unassumingly to the front of the stage and begin talking. Those familiar with his work know that he relished a ...
- Michael Donaghy: Safest.(Shorter notices)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Yezzi, David March 1, 2006 700+ words
Michael Donaghy Safest. Picador UK, 47 pages, 12.99 [pounds sterling] When the poet Michael Donaghy died in 2004 at the age of fifty, he left behind three slim volumes...
- "My people were magicians".(Comment)(The life and poetry of Michael...
- Magazine article from: Poetry Mooallem, Jon December 1, 2004 700+ words
Michael Donaghy was an American who lived in London...esteemed reading series. In his twenties Donaghy once borrowed a friend's Greyhound...sense of just how protean and personable Michael Donaghy could be. Michael told these stories...
- Donaghy case isn't bothering TV networks, yet.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) July 29, 2007 700+ words
...Danny Sheridan said. For the record, Tim Donaghy was not officiating the game. But how...federal gambling investigation focused on Donaghy, the disgraced referee alleged to have...scandal is proved to have been limited to Donaghy and is not part of a wider plot. "As...
- Stern insists Donaghy is isolated case: the NBA commissioner believes the...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Aldridge, David July 25, 2007 700+ words
...yesterday that he believes former referee Tim Donaghy's alleged gambling and ties to organized...likened his surprise at hearing about Donaghy's alleged actions to government agencies...FBI indicated that the 40-year-old Donaghy, who graduated from Cardinal O'Hara...
- Donaghy had to arouse NBA suspicions.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) August 16, 2007 700+ words
...be clues. The more you look at the Tim Donaghy case, the more you know it's true...organization that should be watching closely. Donaghy admitted that he had gambled on NBA games...of the whistle. In court documents, Donaghy admitted to "being in a unique position...
- NBA referee is target of a gambling probe.(Tim Donaghy)
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Aldridge, David Narducci, Marc July 21, 2007 700+ words
...according to two league sources. Tim Donaghy, 40, who grew up in the Philadelphia...gambling debts. A number believed to be Donaghy's home phone in Bradenton, Fla., went unanswered yesterday afternoon. Donaghy's lawyer, John Lauro, a former...
- For ex-ref, temper takes top billing: Donaghy has had an impact on many.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) August 16, 2007 700+ words
...Nancy Petersen Aug. 16--Who is Tim Donaghy? Is he the man known by some friends...children at a Delaware County school? Or is Donaghy a raging madman who can't control his...Havertown native had a gambling problem. Donaghy, a former NBA referee, pleaded guilty...
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Phil Sheridan column: Donaghy mess just gets...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) August 16, 2007 700+ words
...off, it's possible to put the Tim Donaghy scandal into proper perspective. It is even worse than it first appeared. Donaghy, a graduate of Cardinal O'Hara...didn't cover the most egregious of Donaghy's alleged transgressions. The charges...
Source: HighBeam Research, The interior of a heron's egg: Michael Donaghy,...