Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual haiku, in Irish and English, in response to a photograph by Alain Schroeder Little Brickmaker of Bangladesh carrying the weight of... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell gives the background to Robert Ballagh’s new painting, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday When Robert Ballagh, the outstanding contemporary Irish painter, found a... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Colm Tóibín’s latest novel There are many books, including biographies, of Thomas Mann as well as about other members of the Mann family. There... Continue reading
imagine by Julie Easley imagine you had just crossed the seacrashed out of the wavesfell down onto your knees imagine your kids strapped to your sidestheir lives... Continue reading
Is by Kevin Higgins It depends what the meaning of “is” is,which depends what the meaning of “isn’t” is,which depends what you mean by “my hand”,which depends... Continue reading
Echoing the ArchIn memory of Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021) by David Betteridge He was portrayed as a dancing man,and one given to laughter,but he marched as... Continue reading
30-year-old Irish author Sally Rooney has been in the headlines following her refusal to grant the translation rights of her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You... Continue reading
Under Their Sweaty Wings by Fred Voss I have had many fathers between tin wallsonewho told me to lay a crescent wrench across the jaws of a... Continue reading
What is History, Discuss? “History is and was and so is that patch/ of pavement” begins ‘What is History, Discuss?’, the poem that opens Whatsname Street (Smokestack... Continue reading
3 poems from ‘Nadir’ by Laura Fusco translated by Caroline Maldonado: The following poems are taken from a forthcoming collection, Nadir by Laura Fusco, the sequel to... Continue reading