This rich collection of poets and poetry include ones like the prominent Irish poet and anthologist Joan McBreen. Here she shares from The White Page: Twentieth-Century Irish Women Poets and The Watchful Heart: A New Generation of Irish Poets. Other samples in this collection include a panel discuss…
“Poets of the American South” with Claudia Emerson, Forrest Gander, Thomas Lux, Natasha Trethewey, C.D. Wright and Kevin Young
“Poets of the American South” with Claudia Emerson, Forrest Gander, Thomas Lux, Natasha Trethewey, C.D. Wright and Kevin Young
"The Future of SOuthern Poetry" with Beth Bachmann, Sean Hill, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Jake Adam York, Kevin Young
McBreen has published several volumes of poetry, including The Wind Beyond the Wall (1990), A Walled Garden in Moylough (1995), Winter in the Eye: New and Selected Poems (2003) and Heather Island (2009). She is more widely known as the editor of two anthologies. The White Page: Twentieth-Century Irish Women Poets, published in 1999, garnered praise for drawing attention to overlooked female poets. Her 2009 anthology The Watchful Heart: A New Generation of Irish Poets - Poems and Essays, highlights lesser-known younger Irish poets and has received positive reviews for its selections.