I very much enjoyed this post - I've read several of the novels and have been steeped in the letters and poetry of Seamus Heaney since Christmas. The island of Ireland and its landscape, literature and political relationship with England has been fundamental to my own life as daughter of an Irishwoman and a father of Irish descent, and I love the attention you've paid to the writings, and to the spiritual heft within. Look forward to more!
I realize that Dennis O'Driscoll wrote the collection of interviews with Seamus Heaney, "Stepping Stones", that you gave me for my birthday a few years ago and which I still keep dipping into. I've only just discovered O'Driscoll and made the connection.
I very much enjoyed this post - I've read several of the novels and have been steeped in the letters and poetry of Seamus Heaney since Christmas. The island of Ireland and its landscape, literature and political relationship with England has been fundamental to my own life as daughter of an Irishwoman and a father of Irish descent, and I love the attention you've paid to the writings, and to the spiritual heft within. Look forward to more!
I realize that Dennis O'Driscoll wrote the collection of interviews with Seamus Heaney, "Stepping Stones", that you gave me for my birthday a few years ago and which I still keep dipping into. I've only just discovered O'Driscoll and made the connection.
Thankyou Tina - that connection with your quoting his poem was powerful indeed x