OonaWhat is the sound of a voice that is alienated from itself? How can one truthfully represent the creative process of an artist? Oona, an artist in the making, lives in an affluent suburban culture of first generation immigrants in New Jersey where conspicuous consumption and white privilege prevail, and the denial of death is ubiquitous. The silence surrounding death extends to the family home where Oona is not told while her mother lies dying of

In 1974 he edited The Faber Book of Irish Verse and his anthology Bitter Harvest appeared in America in 1989

as well as the standard work Music and Broadcasting in Ireland (Four Courts Press

a young Traveller woman

which I had dragged all the way from Leinster House

In this close look at humanity at work

So writes editor James Livesey in his introduction to this new edition of The State of Ireland

it demonstrates how power can be returned to the community

girlfriend

as well as his travels in Ireland and Europe

Celtic Dawn is acute

By blending tension and humour

creating ripples that twist and distort their images of what should be