Retracing an 80-year-old journey along the river Shannon
Richard Hayward’s travel book gave a unique insight into rural Ireland of the 1930s
‘In-between places’ will decide who becomes the next US president
America Letter: US landscape is defined by small towns and cities – so too is its politics
‘Ciaran Carson drew Belfast better than anyone I ever read’
Sinéad Morrissey, John Banville and fellow writers salute a great man and a great poet
Watch Loah reading One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop: ‘The art of losing isn’t hard to master’
The singer has recorded the poem as part of a series for Poetry Day Ireland 2019
Leaving Cert English: Detail on Paul Durcan a challenge in an hour
Relief as contemporary Irish poet appears but teacher queries range required
Leaving Cert diary: ‘My hand was going dead after three hours’
Seán Flanagan is delighted and exhausted after two days of writing like a maniac
Poetic beasts: rhyming cats and dogs
Poets find fruitful focus in writing about their domestic pets, says Maureen Kennelly
100 years of John Berryman
The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city
Previously unpublished writer wins Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
Cork librarian kept his poetry to himself ‘mainly because I did not think it was up to standard’
Flannery O’Connor was ‘possibly the most theologically alert writer of the 20th century’
Opinion: She felt a strong solidarity and compassion for searching unbelievers
Brought to Book: Gerald Dawe on the joy of getting a book in place and the anxiety after
`Use it or lose it'
Word for Word: ‘Tax workers’ with a fine line in poetry
Some poets are so embarrassed to say what they do that they’d rather tell people they work for Revenue
Samuel Beckett’s forgotten story, finally published after 80 years: Echo’s Bones
Review: Rejected in 1933 as a nightmare, Beckett’s story in fact is clean fun, witty but not vulgar
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