{"title":"Louise C. Callaghan","description":"Louise C. Callaghan was born in 1948 and grew up in County Dublin. Her first poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Puzzle-Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Salmon in 1999. She compiled and edited \u003cem\u003eForgotten Light: An Anthology of Memory Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (A \u0026amp; A Farmar, 2003). Her poetry, which is widely anthologised in Ireland and England, is included in the \u003cem\u003eField Day Anthology: Vols IV \u0026amp; V\u003c\/em\u003e. A play, \u003cem\u003eFind The Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, based loosely on the life of Kate O'Brien, was signaled by the Abbey Theatre Company.\n","products":[{"product_id":"remember-the-birds","title":"Remember the Birds","description":"\"This is a big-hearted, soft-spoken volume, gently steering itself towards reconciliation with loss.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A strong second collection, the book showcases Callaghan's accomplished use of language. [Of the sequence 'Ways of Mourning'] she has created a memorial with these poems, one that should please her as much as it should touch her readers... \u003ci\u003eRemember the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is cathedral-esque in its aspirations...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At times touching, humorous, at others fragile and heartbreaking: Callaghan's lyrical poems seem deceptively easy, but reveal a subtle underscurrent of continued questioning of the world around us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCara\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacdara Woods, who launched the collection, also remarked on \"the edge of humour, the understatement, luminously brilliant observation, and the intellectual honesty... of this selflessly generous book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise C. Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1948 and grew up in County Dublin. Her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle-Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Salmon in 1999. She compiled and edited \u003ci\u003eForgotten Light: An Anthology of Memory Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (A \u0026amp; A Farmar, 2003). Her poetry, which is widely anthologised in Ireland and England, is included in the \u003ci\u003eField Day Anthology: Vols IV \u0026amp; V\u003c\/i\u003e. 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A sense of purpose is central to this house; an awareness of patterns; a looking to the future for what is yet to unfold. It is the House of the traveller, of journeys to far-off places, exploration of the great abroad, but denotes equally, journeys of the mind. These ideas have been the guiding principles behind the poems collected in this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise C. Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1948 and grew up in County Dublin. Her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle-Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Salmon in 1999. Her second, \u003ci\u003eRemember the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Salmon in 2005. She compiled and edited \u003ci\u003eForgotten Light: An Anthology of Memory Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). Her poetry, which is widely anthologised in Ireland and England, is included in the \u003ci\u003eField Day Anthology: Vols. IV \u0026amp; V\u003c\/i\u003e. 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