Thornfield: Poems by the Thornfield Poets Selected and Introduced by Andrew Carpenter (KP383)

Published 2008: First Edition / Softcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

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by Susan Connolly Andrew Carpenter, Anne Dean, Anne Fitzgerald, Cecilia McGovern, Celia de Fréine, Dorothy Molloy, Enda Coyle-Greene, Ivy Bannister, Louise C. Callaghan, Maggie O'Dwyer, Mairide Woods, Mary Rose Callan (Author), Andrew Carpenter (Editor)

Some years ago, when Conor O'Callaghan was poet-in-residence in the School of English at UCD, the Arts Council provided support for poets from the wider community who wanted to attend the workshops he was running in UCD. The group of poets which came together at that time stayed together after Conor's time at UCD came to an end and became known, in time, as `The Thornfield Poets'. This anthology features poems by members of this long-standing writers' workshop.

Reviews:
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2008
The poets whose work is collected in this vibrant and exciting collection of contemporary Irish poetry belong to a group that meets regularly in University College Dublin (the name `Thornfield' being linked to one of the university buildings). The poems - varied, eclectic and ironic - explore diverse themes and topics, some of them pushing words to their boundaries, others grappling with complex emotions and states of mind.

The volume includes three remarkable unpublished poems by the late Dorothy Molloy, a founder member of the original Thornfield Poets workshop. The other contributors are Ivy Bannister, Louise C. Callaghan, Mary Rose Callan, Susan Connolly, Enda Coyle-Greene, Celia de Fréine, Anne Dean, Anne Fitzgerald, Cecilia McGovern, Maggie O'Dwyer, Máiríde Woods.

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