{"title":"Fergus Allen","description":"Fergus Allen has had poems published sporadically throughout his adult life, but after his formal retirement he found himself writing much more actively. His first collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Brown Parrots of Providencia\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Faber \u0026amp; Faber in 1993, and \u003cem\u003eWho Goes There?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMrs Power Looks Over the Bay\u003c\/em\u003e followed in 1996 and 1999. He now lives with his wife (another Dubliner) in a village in Berkshire. ","products":[{"product_id":"wingspan-a-dedalus-sampler-1","title":"Wingspan: A Dedalus Sampler","description":"To celebrate its 21st year in publishing, Pat Boran introduces \u003ci\u003eWingspan: A Dedalus Sampler\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring recent and new work from 28 Irish and international poets on the Dedalus list whose range and diversity has come to be a hallmark of one of Ireland's longest-running and best-known literary imprints.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe featured poets are: Chris Agee, Fergus Allen, Leland Bardwell, Pat Boran, Eva Bourke, Paddy Bushe, Padraig J Daly, Patrick Deeley, Gerard Fanning, Ann Joyce, Thomas Kinsella, Fred Marchant, James J McAuley, Gerry Murphy, Iggy McGovern, Michael O'Dea, Knut Odegard, John O'Donnell, Mary O'Donoghue, Desmond O'grady, Amir Or, Paul Perry, Gabriel Rosenstock, Gerard Smyth, Dolores Stewart, Macdara Woods and Enda Wyley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The books from Dedalus now look superb, as befits the printing of serious verse... There is much in the Sampler: a brilliant moment of Wordsworthian revelation in James McAuley ('The Hill Walkers'); a keen immediacy in Pat Boran ('Still Life'); the ascetic gentleness of Paddy Bushe; and much more... As they say in the ads: buy this book.\"\u003cbr\u003eRobert Welch, \u003ci\u003eVerbal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editor: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Boran\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Portlaoise in 1963 and now lives in Dublin where, since 2005, he has been the publisher of the Dedalus Press. His own \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dedalus Press","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041146072,"sku":"9781904556626","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_a56190c9-bb69-4a9a-8a87-2df5a5bb0292_1.jpeg?v=1752238165"},{"product_id":"poetry-ireland-review-issue-92","title":"Poetry Ireland Review Issue 92","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes poems by\u003cstrong\u003e Fergus Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThomas McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGerard Smyth\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKerry Hardie\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFred Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside translations by \u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Rosenstock\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBelinda Cooke\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Harmon\u003c\/strong\u003e’s essay ‘Journey into Poetry’ and reviews of Sydney Bernard Smith, Francis Harvey and Galway Kinnell. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":9266563461,"sku":"9781902121307","price":7.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/Poetry_Ireland_Issue_92.jpg?v=1752239308"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/fergus-allen\/pat-boran.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}