Tag Archives: Seamus Heaney

National Poetry Month: Seamus Heaney

Posted on April 18, 2007 by sheila

This is for my dad. Seeing Things I Inishbofin on a Sunday morning. Sunlight, turfsmoke, seagulls, boatslip, diesel. One by one we were being handed down Into a boat that dipped and shilly-shallied Scaresomely every time. We sat tight On … Continue reading →

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Faces I love, part 2

Posted on October 9, 2006 by sheila

Here’s part 1.

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Seamus Heaney Day

Posted on April 17, 2006 by sheila

BBC Radio Ulster has declared today to be Seamus Heaney Day – get more information here at Slugger. Here’s one of the posts I’ve written about Seamus Heaney, just to add to the pile. But go over to Slugger, if … Continue reading →

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General Irish Revelry: Seamus on Yeats, Anne on Maud Gonne

Posted on March 28, 2006 by sheila

Beautiful and interesting piece on William Butler Yeats by Seamus Heaney. Peteb sent it to me a whlie back but I am just getting to it now. Some great observations: Conquest, difficulty, labour: these terms indicate the nature of Yeats’s … Continue reading →

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A Triumvirate

Posted on September 6, 2005 by sheila

Thanks, peteb, for writing about Bonham’s auction on Slugger. Going up for auction on Oct. 3 – a huge collection of images of writers and artists. Sketches, portraits, photographs … So many amazing things in there. Baudelaire, Beckett … tons … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Seamus Heaney

Posted on April 13, 2005 by sheila

It’s the birthday of Nobel Laureate Mr. Seamus Heaney! I went to hear him read at NYU a couple of years ago, and it was so much fun. Who knew a poetry reading could be such a humorous event? We … Continue reading →

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The Ship In the Air

Posted on December 12, 2004 by sheila

Clonmacnoise is a spectacular old monastery in Ireland (it’s right off the N6 – the road that takes you from Dublin to Galway – If you’re ever in Ireland, I have got to tell you: Go to Clonmacnoise!) There’s a … Continue reading →

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Great Writers

Posted on May 8, 2004 by sheila

A great writer in any culture changes everything. Because the thing is different afterwards and people comprehend themselves differently. If you take Ireland before James Joyce, and Ireland 50 years afterwards, the reality of being part of the collective life … Continue reading →

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Quote: “A great writer within any culture changes everything….”

Posted on January 26, 2004 by sheila

“A great writer within any culture changes everything. Because the thing is different afterwards and people comprehend themselves differently. If you take Ireland before James Joyce, and Ireland fifty years afterwards, the reality of being part of the collective life … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on October 31, 2002 by sheila

A great writer within any culture changes everything. Because the thing is different afterwards and people comprehend themselves differently. If you take Ireland before James Joyce, and Ireland fifty years afterwards, the reality of being part of the collective life … Continue reading →

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