Trí báis atá ƒerr bethaid: bás iach, bás muicce méithe, bás foglada. Three deaths better than life: the death of a salmon, the death of a fat pig and the death of a robber. […]
Non-fiction
Going to my father’s house: a history of my times
Chapter 9, Passages: Industrial Jerusalem the cotton clouds, those white ones into which without a word the breath of legions of human beings had been absorbed. W. G. Sebald, After Nature Map 1, Ordnance Survey map, Gorton, Lancs ,CW12,1935 Lines. In this Ordnance […]
Adam Wyeth Interview with Colette Bryce
I corresponded with Colette in the summer and autumn months of 2018, amid the publication of her Selected Poems. She was based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne at the time, and our emails covered many of the highlights from her distinguished publishing career. Bryce is Derry-born and was a recipient of the Eric Gregory Award. Her poetry has […]
The Glummest Rook
The Glummest Rook Chris Cusack i. In June 2013, I spent a miserable four weeks as a visiting scholar in Maynooth, Ireland. In an academic sense, it was pretty great, but I was quite severely depressed, even if I still didn’t want to admit it. This was my second stint at the college, after six […]
