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A thonnsa thíos is airde géim go hard,/ meabhair mo chinnse cloíte ód bhéiceach tá;/ cabhair dá dtíodh arís ar Éirinn bhán,/ do ghlam nach binn do dhingfinn féin id bhráid.--Aodhagán Ó Rathaille

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    Feature and poem on EYEWEAR

    I am the latest Featured Poet on Todd Swifts blog-site and review, Eyewear. Swifts piece includes my poem The Fluctuations, and I hope you will all check it out. Maybe even leave a comment or some...
    Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:09:00 GMT

    Begnal in review of Salmon Anthology

    The Spring 2009 issue of An Sionnach: A Journal of Literature, Culture, and the Arts (Creighton University Press) reviews the anthology Salmon: A Journey in Poetry, 1981-2007, and singles out my poem ...
    Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:47:00 GMT

    Three poems in Otoliths

    I have three new poems in the online journal Otoliths. They are titled "Angles," "Poem Written in Red Ink on Fluorescent Yellow Paper," and "July 12." A couple of them might be called political. Th...
    Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:00 GMT

    Two poems in An Sionnach

    I have two poems in the new issue 4.1 of An Sionnach: A Journal of Literature, Culture, and the Arts (which is an Irish Studies journal published by Creighton Univesity).  The poems are: "Sa...
    Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:18:00 GMT

    Irish Literary Supplement review of Ancestor Worship

    Ancestor Worship has been reviewed in the latest issue of the Irish Literary Supplement, a review of Irish and Irish-related books published by the Irish Studies program of Boston College. For those s...
    Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:07:00 GMT

    Ancestor Worship review in Irish America Magazine

    Ancestor Worship has gotten a review in Irish America magazine. In their latest issue (June-July 2008), Tom Deignan was brief but very flattering. Here is his piece: PoetryFormerly the editor of t...
    Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:13:00 GMT

    Review of Ancestor Worship at Perigree and Pif mags

    A very good review of Ancestor Worship appears simultaneously on the site of Pif Magazine and Perigree (issue 21). It's by Liam Mac Sheóinín, and can be read online at Pif (click the first link), or...
    Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:35:00 GMT

    Two poems in Notre Dame Review

    I have two poems in Notre Dame Review 25 (Winter/Spring 2008). The poems are entitled "Shade" and "Red Horse." It's a good issue, and also includes work by Charles Simic, Frank Rogaczewski, Mary Jo ...
    Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:49:00 GMT

    Kevin Higgins review of Ancestor Worship

    Kevin Higgins has reviewed Ancestor Worship in today's edition of the Galway Advertiser (which is Galway, Ireland's free weekly paper). It can be read at  this link, and I also reproduce it below...
    Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:12:00 GMT

    Reviews of Ancestor Worship

    The first review of Ancestor Worship has come out. It is by the Irish poet and novelist Fred Johnston, and it appears on the site of The Western Writers Centre in Galway, Ireland, of which Johnston is...
    Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:52:00 GMT