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A festive celebration for WFU Press
In the U.S., there’s no better day to celebrate Irish heritage and our connections with Ireland than St. Patrick’s Day. Green rivers, cheesy shamrock hats, and buckets o’ Guinness aside, we’re always...
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Poem of the Week: John Montague’s “At Last”
We are drawn to John Montague’s poem “At Last” for its tale of reunion and the sense of readjustment to what once was familiar, which the speaker suggests through the images of Ireland and the...
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It’s No Joke! April 1st Kicks Off National Poetry Month
April marks the beginning of National Poetry Month! While poetry can and should be celebrated all year round, this is the “official” month to celebrate poetry in all of its various forms. Literary...
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Poem of the Week: October Thoughts & Throwback
WFU Press’s newest book is here! Ciaran Carson’s From Elsewhere is a beautiful work featuring translations of the French poet Jean Follain juxtaposed alongside Carson’s original work. In his...
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Introducing: The Boys of Bluehill
Wake Forest University Press is proud to announce the arrival of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s Boys of Bluehill. In her newest collection, Ní Chuilleanáin addresses the themes of music, religion, art, and...
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Independent Bookstore Day
May 2nd marks the first annual Independent Bookstore Day, a holiday that makes us happy down to our book-lovin’ souls. Small publishers and independent bookstores go together like bread and butter. The...
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Introducing: Goat’s Milk by Frank Ormsby
The newest collection by Frank Ormsby is here, and it marks the first time his work has been published in North America. Goat’s Milk is a beautiful, heartbreaking exploration of the intersection...
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Poem of the Week: “We Change the Map” by Kerry Hardie
Our apologies for the brief hiatus on our blog. We’ve been busy sending off four of our interns who graduated last week. A big thank you to all our interns for the hours of proofing, box schlepping,...
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Poem of the Week: “The Trees” by Michael Longley
In honor of Michael Longley’s receipt of the 2015 International Griffin Poetry Prize yesterday, we bring you one of the poems he read in Toronto at the awards presentation. Many congratulations to Mr....
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Wake Up to Poetry blog going on hiatus
You may have noticed that we’ve slowed down our posts on this blog. That’s because, we’re happy to announce, we’ve been busy working on updates to our website and blog! We’re briefly putting this blog...
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We’re back (and with a Poem of the Week)
This summer, we’ve been busy with a few exciting projects that we’ll be sharing with you in due time. To celebrate being back and the near end of a productive summer, we’re sharing Frank Ormsby’s...
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Poem of the Week: “For Sheila” by Máire Mhac an tSaoi
In Louis de Paor’s introduction to Máire Mhac an tSaoi’s The Miraculous Parish, he describes the way her poetry “speaks to and from the intimate experience of women at a time when women’s voices were...
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Introducing Geis by Caitríona O’Reilly
In her third collection of poetry, Caitríona O’Reilly presents a cabinet of curiosities, landscapes ranging from Iceland to Iowa, and a cast of characters including Jackson Pollock, Camille Claudel,...
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Happy Birthday to Michael Hartnett and Poem of the Week
In honor of Michael Hartnett’s birthday, today we feature one of his poems which heralds in the “new days” that assuredly will come to us. It will be a future of love, art, and awareness of the world...
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New Irish Literature Festival in Phoenix
This weekend Irish literature will be celebrated in a new way here in America. The non-profit organization Phoenix Sister Cities will be hosting its own Ennis Committee Book Festival this Sunday,...
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Poem of the Week: “October” by Harry Clifton
Between the very Irish weather (a full week of rain and gloom here in NC) and the hectic schedule of midterms week, we are ready for the serenity of fall that Harry Clifton illustrates in this week’s...
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Ciaran Carson on tour in the U.S. next month
We are pleased to announce that Ciaran Carson will be on tour in the U.S. this November. If you’ve never had the opportunity to see him read his work, you’re in for a treat. His lively readings combine...
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“It felt like a breaking of some taboo I’d placed myself under”: Caitríona...
Caitríona O’Reilly’s Geis is out this week, and in honor of its publication, WFU Press interns Shannon Magee and Alex Muller asked her about her influences, her writing process, and the relationship...
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Poem of the Week: Happy Birthday, Ciaran Carson!
Today is Ciaran Carson’s birthday, and in celebration of this accomplished poet and traditional musician from Belfast, we are sharing one of his earlier poems, “The Albatross,” from his book First...
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Poem of the Week: “Clotho” by Caitríona O’Reilly
It’s publication week for Caitríona O’Reilly’s new volume Geis (available now in print, iBook, and Kindle editions). This week’s featured poem is a sneak peek into this wonderful book. For more on...
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