Reading Ireland

“I commend Reading Ireland to anyone who is interested in increasing their understanding of Ireland. It is reflective, thought provoking and curated with the greatest dedication and insight.”

Réamonn Ó Ciaráin
(Author of Cúchulainn: Ulster’s Greatest Hero)

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“Illuminating, wide-ranging interview with John Banville by Adrienne Leavy in the latest edition of the ever-essential Reading Ireland.”

Michael Quinn

Issue 17 of Reading Ireland focuses on a number of contemporary Irish writers living in the U.S., specifically poets Greg Delanty, Eamonn Wall and Sara Berkeley, novelist Colum McCann and playwright Seamus Scanlon. Highlights include a wide-ranging interview with acclaimed Cork born poet Delanty and a detailed essay on McCann’s fiction by Eoin Flannery. Daniel Tobin contributes an essay on Wall’s early poetry along with several of his own poems. Brian McCabe interviews New York based Galway playwright Seamus Scanlon about his celebrated trilogy The McGowen Trilogy. Also included are reviews of Thomas Kinsella’s posthumous collection, Last Poems, by Adrienne Leavy, McCabe’s review of Wall’s latest collection, My Aunts at Twilight Poker, Dermot Bolger’s review of Berkeley’s award winning volume The Last Cold Day (published in the U.S. under the title Some of the Things I’ve Seen), and Jaki McCarrick’s review of In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History, Carmel McCahon’s memoir of her life in New York from 1993-2021. Delanty’s review of Thomas McCarthy’s recent collection Prophesy and poetry by Thomas Dillon Redshaw and David Gardiner round out this issue. We close with Michael Quinn’s obituary for the visionary theatre director Peter Brook.

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