About this episode

The episode features a review of new poetry books from Salmon Poetry and an interview with poet Tess Barry about her debut collection.

Send us Fan Mail This year marks the 45th anniversary of Salmon Poetry now based in The Salmon Bookshop and Literary Centre, in Ennistymon, County Clare. We invited poet and critic Ciarán O’Rourke, whose own new collection, Prophetstown, is published by Irish Pages in August, to review four new poetry books from Salmon Poetry. And we talk to US poet Tess Barry, a native of Western Pennsylvania who lives in Pittsburgh, about her debut collection The Marvelous Real, a published by Meadowl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Peter Sirr, Enda Wyley

Guest: Tess Barry

Topics covered

• poetry
• interview
• literature
• book review
• Salmon Poetry
• Tess Barry

Keywords

• Salmon Poetry
• Tess Barry
• Ciarán O’Rourke
• Prophetstown
• The Marvelous Real
• poetry books
• literary centre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salmon Poetry, Meadowl, Irish Pages

Books & works: Prophetstown, The Marvelous Real

Places: Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Ennistymon

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