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A Resistance Writer Reflects On His Life: Variations of poems by Bertolt Brecht

24 October 2020 / 461

Author’s note: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century, blending an aspirational communism with anti-fascist politics, while developing a satirical, “epic... Continue reading

Ciaran O Rourke

Cultural Commentary

A statue in verse for Mary Burns, Engels’s partner

24 October 2020 / 335

Jenny Farrell writes about Mary and Lizzie Burns. Friedrich Engels, whose 200th birthday falls 28 November 2020, had a very personal connection with Ireland. The moment he... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Searching for each other’s souls

22 October 2020 / 315

Searching for Each Other’s Souls by Fred Voss Working 10-hour days in this machine shop we put on our COVID-19 pandemic maskslike strangers aboard the Titanicthrown together... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Fiction

The Radical Extension of Reality: Jorge Luis Borges

22 October 2020 / 442

Jim Aitken unearths the radical and progressive meanings in Borges’ writings It was his fellow Argentinian writer and, like his mentor, a former Director of the National... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Visual Arts

Photographs that sing: In memory of Chris Killip, 1946-2020

21 October 2020 / 294

Graeme Rigby writes a memorial piece about Chris Killip, who died recently. Above image of Chris ® Kent Rodzwicz It was late 1982. My first paid gig... Continue reading

Graeme Rigby

Poetry

“the poor core of the world, wide open”: The poetry of Anne Carson

9 October 2020 / 438

Annette Skade presents the poetry of Anne Carson, and a brief biography In Anne Carson’s series of poems, “The Glass Essay”, the speaker is channelling Emily Brontё: “my... Continue reading

Annette Skade

Poetry

the dreamers’ ark

9 October 2020 / 337

the dreamers’ ark(the haven, tynemouth) by Paul Summers the oak is seasonedthe sawyers done each board & beamis shaved & steamed rendered immaculate in barrel curves planed... Continue reading

Paul Summers

Poetry

Rathlin: In memory of Derek Mahon

5 October 2020 / 343

Jenny Farrell memorialises Derek Mahon by presenting a reading of his poem Rathlin, bringing out its political message and artistic skill Derek Mahon died on 1 October.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Poem for the Feast of Saint Francis on the subject of forgiveness, October 4th 2020

4 October 2020 / 322

Poem for the Feast of Saint Francis on the subject of forgiveness, October 4th 2020 by Fran Lock i cried for the highlands last night. for myself.... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Fiction

The Martyr: the last of Liam O’Flaherty’s banned novels to see the light in Ireland

2 October 2020 / 445

Jenny Farrell introduce Liam O’Flaherty’s The Martyr, Nuascéalta 2020. Liam O’Flaherty’s banned novel The Martyr has just been republished by Nuascéalta, eighty-seven years since its first and only... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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