We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children – The Irish Times
Acclaimed Belfast poet Sinéad Morrissey lived in four different houses growing up in Northern Ireland, but mostly she…
TÃr na nÓg – The Irish Times
A shaft of light between clouds and a glimpse of distant blue remembered hills, last year’s hopes cast…
Quote of the day by Robert Frost on self-respect, courage: ‘Never be bullied into silence, never allow…’
Some lines remain with us always. They remain etched in our memory and continue to inspire generations. One…
The Sixty Second Poem – The Irish Times
The sky’s hung soft with leaves, the generous shelter of plane trees. First Wednesday of the month, twelve…
A Poetry Collection to Resurrect Ireland’s Restless Girls
A raven, poet Annemarie Nà Churreáin told me, is one of the few birds that will look at…
‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’ – The Irish Times
Tell us about your new poetry collection, Hymn to All the Restless Girls, “poems of empathy for the…
Attackers Can Use Poetry To Derail AI Safeguards
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how poetry elides AI safeguards, the new boom…
Shadow – The Irish Times
I keep it barred, that door into the dark, although a weight still pushes at the bolt. Most…
A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time – The Irish Times
In the name of the colours, Emerald, cornflower blue, Ruby, primrose and white, In the name of ringlets…
Australia’s favourite authors share their favourite books of the 21st century
The first 25 years of this century have seen millions of books published worldwide. Of these, many have…
Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door
Leonora Carrington The Stone Door NYRB, 2025 In Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door, the unnamed narrator traverses Mesopotamia…
DEENA ELGENAIDI with Nina St. Pierre
Rail: In popular media, we see the stereotype of returning to the homeland as some sort of panacea—a…