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Fleabag star Andrew Scott reads Derek Mahon’s poem ‘Everything is Going to be All Right’ Video was recorded for Emilia Clarke’s ‘Poetry Pharmacy’ series ...
There is no doubt that the publication of Derek Mahon's The Poems (1961-2020) (Gallery Press, 536pp, €22.50pb/€35hb) is a major occasion in Irish literature. Bringing together, in their final ...
Derek Mahon, a leading Irish poet whose verses could be lyrical or pessimistic, somber or witty, classically structured but full of contemporary themes, died on Friday at his home in Kinsale, on ...
How many books of "selected" and "collected" poems should one poet have? If it is Derek Mahon, one of the finest poets at work in the past half-century, the answer is five. The author, so far, of ...
It would be disingenuous of me to pretend that I have taken the full measure, or anything like it, of Middleton’s Carminalenia, an intensely difficult collection about as far removed from ‘mainstream’ ...
From Autumn Skies: Thirty writers on poems by Derek Mahon edited by Peter Fallon and published by The Gallery Press (€13.90pb, €20hb) on what would have been Derek Mahon's 80th birthday ...
Derek Mahon, the Belfast-born poet whose verse “Everything is going to be alright” consoled millions during the height of the pandemic, has died after a short illness. He was 78. The poem ...
Derek Mahon, the Belfast-born poet whose verse “Everything is going to be alright” consoled millions during the height of the pandemic, has died after a short illness. The poem resonated when ...
Readers of Derek Mahon’s poems will recognize Jill Schlesinger as the dedicatee of Bird Sanctuary, a poem that Mahon restored to his Collected Poems in 1999. Stephen Enniss Thu Oct 14 2021 - 06:00 ...
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Northern Ireland-born poet Derek Mahon, whose verse brought consolation to many during the coronavirus pandemic, has died, his publisher said. Mahon’s publisher, Gallery Press, announced his ...