I was precarious for a long time & in three different countries. I have a lot to say on the topic, so it's nice to start saying some of this tomorrow at the International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, CU Prague. irishpostgradprague.ff.cuni.cz/programme/ke...

NEW on our website | Liz Quirke @lizquirke.bsky.social's essay 'The fear of stepping into focus' the latest instalment in our This So Called Writing Life series (edited by Olivia Fitzsimons @oneflawediris.bsky.social) stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...

"How long is my minus life, nonexistence so much resembles immortality." - Anna Swir www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48637/...

Essay wherein I talk about poetry, queer motherhood and my body and consider the writing of my third collection. Thanks for @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...

Frank O'Hara poem for the end of a long week. "oh Lana Turner we love you get up......": poets.org/poem/poem-la...

The poet Ellen Dillon read at O’Bhéal go Béal tonight to a packed house. What an artist. Master of craft and scholar of poetry. Proof that good writing takes time and effort. Excited for her next book. Properly achieved poetry tonight. No short cuts.

me on @cmatbaby.bsky.social’s EURO-COUNTRY and why it gives voice to a distressingly normalised post-recession malaise. i hope you read!

♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely! www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...

Nice to see a firm stance by a university: Trinity College Dublin board votes to cut ties with Israeli universities and companies www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Great @irishtimes.com of Elaine Feeney by @lauraslattery.bsky.social who is always so thoughtful and insightful in her reading and questions and really captures both Elaine and her lively, immediate and resonant novel here. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... @biblioasis.bsky.social

Amid political attacks and funding cuts, some U.S. students are changing their college and graduate school plans and heading to other countries. We spoke with the incoming class.

Great buzz at the Stinging Fly launch

Thank you @lizquirke.bsky.social for insightful & fun introductions & questions for Pádraig Ó Tuama & myself. Loved reading to a full house @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social International Poetry Festival. A wonderful festival - inspiring & generous. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Really enjoyed moderating the event with @janeclarke.bsky.social & Pádraig Ó Tuama last night at Cork International Poetry Festival. Onwards to Dublin for the Stinging Fly launch! Hup!

Are you excited for our Summer 2025 issue launch? if so, you're in luck! You can pre-order the new issue now ahead of the launch @ILFDublin on May 17th. preorder here: stingingfly.org/product/summ...

‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and students

Hammering out the last wrinkles in a few notes on Thom Gunn’s Lament for this colloquium tomorrow. Looking forward to a bit of kite flying.

The Sun's Return by Lorna Shaughnessy Lorna is a poet, translator, editor and researcher. She has published five books of poetry, most recently Lark Water (Salmon Poetry, 2021) and is co-founding editor of Macha Press. Find Poetry Day Poems across @irishrail.bsky.social services. ℹ️ poetryday.ie

Happy to have a ghostly aul poem in this beaut!

Excellent Circus image for the next @stingingfly.bsky.social edition, fitting too that my poem is part of the period of my life I refer to as “running away with the ….” Looking forward to the publication/launch/festivities

Ordering a copy immediately!

Catching up on reading and loving this @ellafrears.bsky.social essay on Judy Grahn. A tribal elder gave me the JG reader eight years ago and I’ve been quietly obsessed since. Good punning in this essay as well 👌

I have a poem in the current issue of Impossible Archetype, a journal of LGBTQ+ poetry, called Gin Weekend, part of my next collection, the divorce book

I'm stealing Donal's photo here but just want to say thanks to @lizquirke.bsky.social for a really lovely intro at UCC yesterday for the conference on Ireland and Transnational Solidarities it was an honour to be invited.

Chairing a reading by @sarahmaintains.bsky.social shortly as part of the Ireland and Transnational Solidarities Conference at @ucc.ie

My baby baby bear, my youngest, turned 9 this week. A kid whose naming poem demanded a four part sequence. Here is part iv of “Nova” from my debut collection, The Road, Slowly by @salmonpoetry.bsky.social

Today at UCC Library in the Creative Zone! Come celebrate World Poetry Day with our students and staff!

Doing a dive into Anne Carson essays ahead of teaching tomorrow www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Went searching the park to find my poem. @poetryireland.bsky.social