William Considine
writes poems and plays.
His latest poetry books are The Other Myrtle (Finishing Line Press, 2021) and Continent of Fire (Kelsay Books, 2022)
The most recent performances of his short new plays were of Oedipus in Love in 2023 and A Common Tongue in 2024.
Forthcoming books in 2025 are the verse play The Mysteries from Spuyten Duyvil Press and the family drama Moral Support from Finishing Line Press.
Featured Writing
Explore Bill’s work across published books, poetry, playwriting, multimedia + critical writing.
Books
Bill has had four books published, his latest being Continent of Fire, published by Kelsay Books in October 2022.
Poetry
Beginning in the early 1980s, Bill became active in the East Village poetry world, with numerous public readings and publications.
Playwriting
Most recently, Over Drinks and Oedipus in Love were performed in New York in 2023 and A Common Tongue was staged in Mexico in 2024.
Recent Work
In the age of King Charles III, experience the fate of Charles I and the Restoration of Charles II. This play brings to life the imprisonment of the poet John Milton in the Stuart Restoration. The play had a reading online featuring Bob Holman as Milton in August 2021 in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Boog City arts journal. Watch the reading here.