Kevin Higgins
Irish poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kevin Higgins was an Irish poet. Early life and education At the age of 15 he joined Galway West Labour Party, and became a member of the local Labour Youth section. Activity Higgins lived in London in the late 1980s where he was active in the "anti-poll tax movement". He lived in Galway from the mid-1990s, and with his wife, Susan Millar DuMars, co-organised the Over The Edge literary events in Galway City. He also facilitated poetry workshops at the Galway Arts Centre; taught creative writing at the Galway Technical Institute and National University of Ireland, Galway, and was Writer-in-Residence at Merlin Park Hospital. He was, with Michael S. Begnal, a founding co-editor of literary magazine The Burning Bush.
