A baker's dozen of poetry hits: Elaine Feeney's poetry mixtape – The Poetry Society
The Poetry Mixtape compiled by the poet and novelist Elaine Feeney, who interviews The Poetry Review, presents a blazing mix of voices and concerns. Alongside much-loved classics by Frank O’Hara, Don Paterson and Derek Mahon, Feeney has selected fierce and unforgettable testimonies from Rita Ann Higgins, Claudia Rankine and Warshan Shire. Of Shire’s ‘Home’, she writes, “This poem needs no explanation. It is the explanation.” Elaine Feeney was born in the West of Ireland and lives in Athenry. She published her first chapbook, Indiscipline, in 2007, and has since published three ...
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