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Carson:
Th e TII'e/jih afNe t'a
In seve nty-seven sonnets. C iaran Carson o ffers a vividl y imag inati ve
commentary on human foll y. skewering the search for Utopi a, be it
in fairy stori es. aislings, the land o f Coc kai gne, lines of cocaine, or
po liti ca l idea li sm.
October, 1998
96 pages
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Th e Alexandrine Plan
Translati ons of Rimbaud , Baude laire, and Mallarme from the wild,
fruitful imag in ati on of Ciaran Carson ho ld to the ir " Al exandrine
pl an," twelve-syll abl e lines in the rh yme sc hemes of the ori g inal. In
French and Eng li sh.
October. 1998
96 pages
paper $ 12.95
McGuckian:
She/malier
Taking her title from the Wex ford fi shermen who became gunme n
in the Iri sh ri sing of 1798, Medbh McGucki an warms hi story into a
living and breathing vo ice. She transforms the rebels ' " still unused
voi ces" into "soo n-to-be- li ving" words th at may yet resonate in an
island where, two centuri es later, hope itse lf rema in s diffi cult.
December, 1998
120 pages
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Longley:
Selected Poems
Thi s is Michae l Long ley 's own selecti on from thirty years of writing
poetry, which has been celebrated- in Britain and Ireland but also in
the U. S.- for its lyric intensity, metaphys ica l wit, and thematic and
formal range. The poet/c ritic Sean
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Brien has written, "Hi s work
indi cates one o f the g ifts o f the major poet, of making the one life
speak for all , and its coroll ary, of seeming to be able to speak to
anyone."
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