Poetry Ireland Review Issue 121 Michael D. Higgins about an Indian worker’s struggle

about an Indian worker’s struggle to provide for his far-away family

a colonial narrative that is in its own way as much about a vanishing fantasy life as the world of Hollywood

Reza Baraheni and the late Miroslav Jancic are now well known internationally for their writing in English

is perfectly judged

Poetry Ireland Review Issue 121 Michael D. Higgins about an Indian worker’s struggleEavan Boland's first issue as editor of Poetry Ireland Review aims to encourage a conversation about poetry which is "noisy and fractious certainly but a conversation nevertheless that can be thrilling in its reach and commitment." There are new poems from Thomas McCarthy, Jean Bleakney, Wendy Holborow, Paul Perry, Aifric Mac Aodha, and many others, while the issue also includes work from Brigit Pegeen Kelly, with an accompanying essay on the poet by