The Latest From Suzanne Edgar
Blackberry Days Built into a hill, the grandparents’ house was […]
Mar 01 2010
3 mins
A book appeared in my favourite shop, fifty fat dollars’ […]
Mar 01 2010
1 mins
In a home where books were scarce except for shelves […]
Nov 01 2009
1 mins
The Leavings Pity the woman who moves to a house […]
Apr 01 2009
2 mins
Our Shared Japan: An Anthology of Contemporary Irish Poetry,edited by Irene de Angelis & Joseph Woods. Dedalus Press, 2007, 20 euros.
The word anthology means, literally, a “collection of flowers”. This one was launched to mark fifty years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan. The book contains many haiku and tanka, poems that need to be taken in sushi-type bites.
Mar 01 2009
3 mins
The night my sister received the news that she would […]
Jun 01 2008
1 mins