{"title":"Jessie Lendennie","description":"Jessie Lendennie's prose poem \u003cem\u003eDaughter\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1988, followed in 1990 by \u003cem\u003eThe Salmon Guide to Poetry Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e and in 1992 by \u003cem\u003eThe Salmon Guide to Creative Writing in Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poetry has been anthologised in \u003cem\u003eIrish Poetry Now: Other Voices\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnveiling Treasures: The Attic Guide To The Published Works of Irish Women Literary Writers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe White Page\/An Bhileog Bhan: Twentieth-Century Irish Women Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She has conducted workshops and given readings all over Ireland and the United States for many years. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of Salmon Poetry. In 2008, she edited \u003cem\u003eSalmon: A Journey in Poetry, 1981-2007\u003c\/em\u003e, an anthology of Salmon Poetry.  In 2009 she compiled and edited \u003cem\u003ePoetry: Reading it, Writing it, Publishing it\u003c\/em\u003e.","products":[{"product_id":"dogs-singing-a-tribute-anthology-limited-edition-gift-set","title":"Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology (Limited Edition Gift Set)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exclusive gift set, featuring a wrapped edition of this anthology for dog-lovers, and a special treat for your faithful friend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e brings together poems which highlight and examine and celebrate the canine world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include Thomas Lynch, Alicia Ostriker, Maxine Kumin, Neil Astley, Andrea Cohen, Michael Heffernan, William Matthews, Richard Murphy, Kevin Simmonds, Sebastian Matthews, Stephen Dobyns, Theodore Deppe, Rita Ann Higgins, Matthew Sweeney, Pat Boran, Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan, Pam Uschuk, Jim Rogers and Jordan Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"First love, enduring love; the witness, the stoic, the companion, the protector, the better part of us, the abiding presence, the warrior, the survivor, the guardian angel.  Here is a big book of many poems, all inspired, devoted, motivated by a sacred bond that happens, the supreme privilege, that something far bigger than romance - a relationship with a dog. Dogs do sing; they also smile, socialise, engage and celebrate, mark a homecoming in proper style, even if it’s only the return from the local grocery store; they sigh, but most of all they understand, they grieve, they mourn, they empathise, they remember...\"\u003cbr\u003eEileen Battersby, Arts Writer \u0026amp; Literary Correspondent, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish?Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessie Lendennie\u003c\/b\u003e's prose poem Daughter was first published in 1988, followed in 1990 by \u003ci\u003eThe Salmon Guide to Poetry Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e and in 1992 by \u003ci\u003eThe Salmon Guide to Creative Writing in Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry has been anthologised in \u003ci\u003eIrish Poetry Now: Other Voices, Unveiling Treasures: The Attic Guide To The Published Works of Irish Women Literary Writers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Page\/An Bhileog Bhan: Twentieth-Century Irish Women Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has conducted workshops and given readings all over Ireland and the United States for many years. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of Salmon Poetry. In 2008, she edited \u003ci\u003eSalmon: A Journey in Poetry, 1981-2007\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of Salmon Poetry. 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What was surprising was that he now has eight decades behind him, because Harmon has the appearance of perennial youth. Fittingly, Christopher Murray, a colleague from UCD, where Harmon taught poetry for decades, reminded the throng that we were also celebrating the talents of a man still very much in harness. 'Maurice’s own work as a poet is an extension of his work as a life-long lover of and commentator on poetry, especially Irish poetry from earliest times to the present.'...\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being a poet, \u003cb\u003eMaurice Harmon\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading scholar-critic of his generation in the field of Anglo-Irish Literature. He pioneered its development as an academic discipline and is the author of a number of significant works, from a basic bibliographical guide to headline studies of Seán O’Faoláin, Austin Clarke, Thomas Kinsella, and others. 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It attempts to get at the initial shadows and regrets which are so formative, finally, on the imagination. Its use of language is eloquent and concentrated and its juxtapositions are often daring. Jessie Lendennie breaks her own ground with verve and determination.\"\u003cbr\u003eEavan Boland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003c\/i\u003e Jessie Lendennie writes with a spare grace and unsparing wisdom of the kind of dreams and nightmares that can never be outgrown. 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