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Gerard McKeown (born 1980) is a writer from Ballymena
Ballymena

Ballymena is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Ballymena had a population of 28,717 people in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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. A graduate of Cumbria Institute of the Arts
Cumbria Institute of the Arts

'Cumbria Institute of the Arts' was a further and higher education institution in the city of Carlisle, in Northern England. Founded as the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in 1822, it proceeded as the Carlisle College of Art, from 1950, and switched to Cumbria Institute of the Arts from Cumbria College of Art and Desi...
, he is best known for his performance poetry
Performance poetry

Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during Performance art before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution....
, which draws as much from disciplines such as stand up comedy and bardic story telling as it does poetry
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
.

He has performed as a support act for other writers such as diverse as Stewart Home
Stewart Home

Stewart Home is a British artist, film maker, writer, subcultural pamphleteer, underground art historian, and activist.Home is best known in Anglo-American mainstream culture for his neo-conceptual art work and more recent novels, such as the non-narrative "69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess" , and his re-imagining of the 1960s in "Taint...
, Gerald Dawe
Gerald Dawe

Gerald Dawe is a Northern Ireland writer and poet.GERALD DAWEBorn April 22, 1952Occupation Poet and writerNationality IrelandWriting period 1978-present...
 and John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester; he is often described as a Punk rock poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s during the flourishing punk movement....
.

He is the holder of the 2007 Belfast Performance Poetry Cup
Slam poetry

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work . These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience....
.

The Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
 song Sk8er Boi
Sk8er Boi

"Sk8er Boi" is a song by Avril Lavigne, and was the second Single from her debut album, Let Go . It was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix , and produced by The Matrix....
 is about McKeown.

In January 2009, McKeown gave a rare interview to fellow poet Marcus Keeley, talking of his experiences, poetry writing techniques and plans for the future.








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Gerard McKeown (born 1980) is a writer from Ballymena
Ballymena

Ballymena is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Ballymena had a population of 28,717 people in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
. A graduate of Cumbria Institute of the Arts
Cumbria Institute of the Arts

'Cumbria Institute of the Arts' was a further and higher education institution in the city of Carlisle, in Northern England. Founded as the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in 1822, it proceeded as the Carlisle College of Art, from 1950, and switched to Cumbria Institute of the Arts from Cumbria College of Art and Desi...
, he is best known for his performance poetry
Performance poetry

Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during Performance art before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution....
, which draws as much from disciplines such as stand up comedy and bardic story telling as it does poetry
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
.

He has performed as a support act for other writers such as diverse as Stewart Home
Stewart Home

Stewart Home is a British artist, film maker, writer, subcultural pamphleteer, underground art historian, and activist.Home is best known in Anglo-American mainstream culture for his neo-conceptual art work and more recent novels, such as the non-narrative "69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess" , and his re-imagining of the 1960s in "Taint...
, Gerald Dawe
Gerald Dawe

Gerald Dawe is a Northern Ireland writer and poet.GERALD DAWEBorn April 22, 1952Occupation Poet and writerNationality IrelandWriting period 1978-present...
 and John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester; he is often described as a Punk rock poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s during the flourishing punk movement....
.

He is the holder of the 2007 Belfast Performance Poetry Cup
Slam poetry

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work . These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience....
.

The Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
 song Sk8er Boi
Sk8er Boi

"Sk8er Boi" is a song by Avril Lavigne, and was the second Single from her debut album, Let Go . It was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix , and produced by The Matrix....
 is about McKeown.

In January 2009, McKeown gave a rare interview to fellow poet Marcus Keeley, talking of his experiences, poetry writing techniques and plans for the future.

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