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Thomas Kinsella, 4 May 1928 – 22 December 2021

22 December 2021 / 364

Thomas Kinsella has died, aged 93. He must be counted among the great Irish poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. He was very involved in uncovering... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

The Nobel prize for Literature: Abdulrazak Gurnah

9 December 2021 / 375

On 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, Abdulrazak Gurnah will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature on behalf of black Africa. Wole Soyinka was the... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Provenance, by Kate Thompson: fighting inequality and injustice to Aboriginal peoples

15 November 2021 / 333

Jenny Farrell reviews Provenance, by Kate Thompson As Elliot Fielding struggles in an Australian hospital to piece together his fragmented memory following serious head injury, the reader... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

A voice for the voiceless: In memory of Máire Mhac an tSaoi

1 November 2021 / 349

One of Ireland’s foremost Irish language poets and scholars, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, died aged 99, on 16 October. Her fellow poet Louis de Paor said of... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Brendan Kennelly

20 October 2021 / 424

The Irish poet Brendan Kennelly died on 17 October, aged eighty-five. At an event for his eightieth birthday, Kennelly had said, he wanted to be remembered by... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Liam O’Flaherty and the Irish Free State

20 October 2021 / 424

As Ireland observes the centenary of its incomplete independence – the setting up of the ‘Free State’ with dominion status and the partition of the country –... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Visual Arts

The revolutionary realism of Caravaggio

14 September 2021 / 391

Jenny Farrell discusses the work of Caravaggio, who revolutionised European art. Image above: Judith Beheading Holofernes Born 450 years ago, on 29 September 1571, Caravaggio lived and... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Life Writing

The barriers to working-class writers: Review of The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices

11 September 2021 / 472

Jenny Farrell reviews The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices, edited by Paul McVeigh Working-class writing is coming to the fore in Ireland. “The 32” follows... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Life Writing

From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left

7 September 2021 / 425

Jenny Farrell reviews Mick O’Reilly’s From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2019) At the end of From Lucifer to Lazarus, Mick O’Reilly raises a... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

The daily resistance of rising: Bernie Crawford’s Living Water

24 August 2021 / 321

Jenny Farrell reviews Bernie Crawford’s new collection, Living Water, Chaffinch Press 2021. Bernie Crawford’s debut collection is a profound pleasure to read. It is informed and heightened... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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