Poetry

From out of the Box

Vona Groarke marshals her strengths to poems notably apt for ‘these times’

Travelling Man

August Kleinzahler has worked chiefly in blue collar jobs, shunning the mainstream poetry scene and often adopting a pugilistic stance. He has, however, taught in…

World Literature

Death By Water

As poet laureate of Amsterdam, Menno Wigman took part in a scheme to memorialise in verse those in the city who had died alone. It…

Irish Literature

Glimmering in the Dark

In his artfully constructed second novel, which displays a fine ear for dialogue and a sharp eye for the workings of relationships, Neil Hegarty has…

Taking Liberties

Ciaran Carson’s work has developed from the well-crafted poetry of his first collection to the digressive, long-lined collection The Irish For No. His explorations of…