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Ciaran Carson is coming, so we broke out the letterpress
We’re all incredibly excited for Ciaran Carson’s reading here at Wake Forest next week, so we thought that we would share some of what we’ve been doing to make the time pass more quickly. WFU Press...
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Poem of the Week to Celebrate Samhain
It’s the last week of October, which means it’s almost Halloween, the spookiest time of year. Did you know that Halloween originates from the Celtic festival called Samhain? We enjoy getting into the...
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Video Highlights from Ciaran Carson’s Wake Forest Reading
Last week, Ciaran Carson visited Wake Forest University and gave an enchanting reading on campus. He read from his latest collection, From Elsewhere, and played traditional Irish tunes with his wife,...
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Poem of the Week: “The Sofa” by Medbh McGuckian
It’s been nearly two decades since we published the last selection of Medbh McGuckian’s work, and in that time she has written eight more volumes. Needless to say, it was time to re-visit this poet’s...
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“Where language fades into cries or whispers”: an interview with Medbh McGuckian
Medbh McGuckian’s new selected, The Unfixed Horizon, contains over 130 poems from 14 collections. In honor of its publication, McGuckian talked to WFU Press interns Alex Muller and Shannon Magee about...
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St. Patrick’s Day Poem of the Week
We couldn’t let a St. Patrick’s Day go by without posting a poem. This week’s selection is from Frank Ormsby, and the title refers to a Johnny Cash song of the same name. Forty Shades of Green A...
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