The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry, Vol. II

What does it mean to be an Irish poet? Each of the five poets included in this volumeSean Lysaght, Moya Cannon, Thomas McCarthy, John F. Deane, and Maire Mhac an tSaoiprovides a distinctive answer to this question. Like the first volume of The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry, the second volume introduces poets of varying ages and regions to a North American audience, showing through the eyes of contemporary poets what Ireland is like and how it is changing."