{"title":"Rita Ann Higgins","description":"Rita Ann Higgins was born in Galway in 1955, and still resides in her native city. Throughout her career as a writer, her strong, clear poetic voice has challenged and revitalised literary norms. With her first publication, \u003cem\u003eGoddess on the Mervue Bus\u003c\/em\u003e (Salmon, 1986), she was instantly recognised as a powerful force for change. \u003cem\u003eWitch in the Bushes\u003c\/em\u003e (Salmon, 1988), followed in 1992 by the first edition of \u003cem\u003ePhilomena's Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e, established her solidly in the public mind. \u003cem\u003eHigher Purchase\u003c\/em\u003e was Rita's fourth collection to be published by Salmon Poetry. Since then she has published three books with Bloodaxe: \u003cem\u003eSunny Side Plucked\u003c\/em\u003e (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) (1996), \u003cem\u003eAn Awful Racket\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and \u003cem\u003eThrow in the Vowels: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), the latter reissued in 2010 with an accompanying CD of Rita Ann reading her work, as well as \u003cem\u003eHurting God: Prose \u0026amp; Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) from Salmon.\n\n\n \n","products":[{"product_id":"salmon-a-journey-in-poetry-1981-2007","title":"Salmon: A Journey in Poetry, 1981-2007","description":"\u003ci\u003eSalmon: A Journey in Poetry 1981-2007\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates 26 years of innovative and exciting Irish and international poetry. The organization of the volume is simple: two poems from the poet's Salmon collection (or collections) and one uncollected poem. Detailed biographical notes for each poet, and a complete bilbiography of Salmon's publications, are also included.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041064216,"sku":"9781903392577","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_7c68ce9a-3129-473d-ac45-beb49770028a.jpeg?v=1752238219"},{"product_id":"dogs-singing-a-tribute-anthology","title":"Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology","description":"\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 \u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnveiling 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.  In 2009 she compiled and edited \u003ci\u003ePoetry: Reading it, Writing it, Publishing it\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041064872,"sku":"9781907056505","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_0f5bc08b-60ea-43de-b3ed-986aa6299f0d.jpeg?v=1752238167"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/rita-ann-higgins\/richard-murphy.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}