{"title":"Paul Perry","description":"Paul Perry was born in Dublin in 1972. He has won the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award and The Listowel Prize for Poetry and has been a James Michener Fellow of Creative Writing at The University of Miami, and a Cambor Fellow of Poetry at The University of Houston. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003cem\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCyphers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been a Writer in Residence for Co. Longford, the University of Ulster, and Rathlin Island. His first book \u003cem\u003eThe Drowning of the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2003 to critical acclaim.","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":"the-drowning-of-the-saints","title":"The Drowning of the Saints","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Drowning of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning debut and introduces a young writer with a distinctive new voice, full of verve and promise. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection is filled with sensual, lyrical and beautifully crafted poems, poems which are often infused with a dream-like magic and arouse a sense of longing, searching, and questioning. Whether it is a rumination on a gate to a farm, a painting by Breughel, the end of a love affair or the armada's wreckage off the West coast of Ireland, Perry infuses his work with a spiritual luminosity and a relentless search for meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Drowning of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable triumph. The poems are a coalition of imaginative flair and formal discipline. Each poem bristles with life and longing, intelligence and wit. These are lines and stanzas and poems that signal wisdom beyond his youth. In this sense he is a prodigiously gifted poet. I feel he will distinguish himself as one of the most original of younger writers.\" \u003cbr\u003eFred D'Aguiar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paul Perry's début collection startled me, confused me, made me think, made me angry and envious. His voice should be heard and anyone who doesn't buy a copy of this book is missing out on a real poetic find.\"\u003cbr\u003eFred Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can do nothing but recommend this collection as strongly as possible for anyone interested, not only in contemporary Irish poetry, but contemporary world poetry. It's an enjoyable read, always entertaining, sometimes demanding. Salmon Poetry have produced an attractive collection and are to be commended on their high production values. The book does not read like a first collection. And with the publications Perry has behind him, the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e and Scribner's \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e... that is no surprise. \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best first collections this reviewer has read in a long time and Paul Perry is certainly one of the most exciting Irish poets writing now.\"\u003cbr\u003eDavid Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Perry\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin in 1972. He won the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award in 1998. He received a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Brown University and has been a James Michener Fellow of Creative Writing at The University of Miami, and a C. Glenn Cambor Fellow of Poetry at The University of Houston. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCyphers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as Writer in Residence for Co. Longford, from 2000-2002. 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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. 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"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/paul-perry\/macdara-woods.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}