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“Just a note here about a slim Salt Publishing publication I recently read, Siân Hughes’s The Missing. The Missing is a first book, but it’s author is no novice at life.” Read more … “Siân Hughes’ use of idiomatic language is superb, and often has the effect of lulling the reader into a feeling of the quotidian, leaving him or her unprepared for the poem’s ending.” Read more … “Towards the end of last week I read Sian Hughes’s The Missing, shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection. I haven’t read the other books on the shortlist so I can’t comment on who should win, but I can say that this one’s really good – a brief, affecting, plain and magnificent [...] “For once, a collection outdoes its blurb – as mentioned in a previous post, “The Missing” is an exceptional book in the context of contemporary U.K. poetry. “Siân Hughes’ subject matters in “The Missing” are signposted from the start. Her lost third child and the end of a relationship are themes that run though the [...] Nuala Ní Chonchúir’s Nude is published on 1 September 2009 Si?n Hughes? The Missing, a shamelessly honest account of love, loss and parenting, has now been shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award 2009 ?I am ridiculously pleased …? exclaimed Si?n Hughes on discovering her nomination [...] The only poetry on the longlist is The Missing by Siân Hughes, a collection that deals with parenting, illness, loss, regret and ill-fated love. Read more … Nuala Ní Chonchúir: The Nude Not Naked Tour
The Nude Not Naked Tour The women and men in Nude play out their desires and frustrations from Dublin to Paris, Delhi to Barcelona, and beyond. In these stories there are mercurial lovers, illicit affairs and mistakes that cannot be undone. And at the centre of it [...] Go buy ?em now. |
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