Adrian Frazier’s no-holds-barred biography of the American-born Irish poet acknowledges the cost of a life turned ‘into the ...
The poem is filled with nostalgia for rural, farming, family life, and his memories come to us through Christian imagery from the story of the birth of Jesus.
and a good-natured and welcoming life at that: you’d go a long time before you’d find as positive a take on Irish poetry, or as warm a response. Though the volume’s title may promise a wider ...