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Irish poet and novelist Colm Toibin reads from his new poetry book 'Vinegar Hill'

Colm Toibin, the great Irish poet and novelist, joins us now. So let's not fritter away any more time before he reads a poem. Colm, could you please read "Prayer To St. Agnes"? COLM TOIBIN: (Reading) ...
NPR

Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama's new anthology meditates on human connection

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." The Irish ...
The New York Times

Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies

“Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t Homeric in length: “Michael was a miniaturist.” By Joanne Kaufman Michael ...