{"title":"Macdara Woods","description":"Macdara Woods was born in Dublin in 1942 and has published a number of collections with Dedalus Press including his \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale Water\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKnowledge in the Blood\u003c\/em\u003e (2002). His work has been translated widely, into some twelve languages, and has has been set to music and perfomed by artists such as Anuna and Bonita Hill. A member of Aosdána, the Irish Arts Council's affiliation which recognises outstanding contributions to the arts in Ireland, Woods is also one of the founder editors of the long-running literary journal \u003cem\u003eCyphers\u003c\/em\u003e, along with poets Pearse Hutchinson, Leland Bardwell, and his wife the poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.","products":[{"product_id":"honouring-the-word-celebrating-maurice-harmon","title":"Honouring the Word: Celebrating Maurice Harmon","description":"This special tribute book celebrates Maurice Harmon on his 80th birthday and features poems from some of Ireland's most famous modern poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a Foreword by Christopher Murray, Emeritus Professor, University College Dublin and Joseph Woods, director of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The critic and poet Maurice Harmon is one of the most gracious figures on the scene, so it wasn’t surprising to see the literati turn out in force for his 80th-birthday celebration in Dublin... 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. He edited the definitive anthology \u003ci\u003eIrish Poetry after Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e (1978, 1998) and published \u003ci\u003eThe Dialogue of the Ancients of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), a new translation of Acallam na Senórach. His poetry collections are: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Regatta\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Doll with Two Backs\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Mischievous Boy and other poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eWhen Love Is Not Enough: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041055672,"sku":"9781907056482","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_7e10eadf-e00a-4a93-ab63-9af8ce5ca2b2.jpeg?v=1752238028"},{"product_id":"knowledge-in-the-blood-new-and-selected-poems","title":"Knowledge in the Blood: New and Selected Poems","description":"\"The curt, abbreviated pressure of these lines, a constant trait in the work of Macdara Woods, pushes the text out to demand a co-creative act of reading\"\u003cbr\u003eBrian Coates reviewing \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKnowledge in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is language raised, like prayer and other holy forms, to be instructive, healing, memorable and accurate. In the performance of these duties, Macdara Woods is among the most trustworthy, his voice among the most engaging, his contribution among the permanent\"\u003cbr\u003eThomas Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMacdara WoodsM\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin in 1942 and has published a number of collections with the Dedalus Press including his \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKnowledge in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). His work has been translated widely, into some 12 languages, and has been set to music and perfomed by artists such as Anuna and Bonita Hill. 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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. 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