The Mermaid Chair"What is poetry? Flynns work is one place I might start my explanation. " David Kennedy, PN Review "Flynn has developed a poetic register that is admirable in its discipline and economy" Nicolas Tredell, London Review of Books "Tony Flynn possesses a rare combination of tact and directness in getting his politics into his poetryFlynn so consistently displays such sophistication and incisiveness while remaining infallibly accessible across a range that

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Meg Peacocke

an arts and politics festival

he tells his story with searing honesty

Sebastian Matthews

He grew up in Ladytown

Poet and story writer

Paul Grattan was born in Glasgow in 1971

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where he works as a lecturer in creative writing

This nudges her to call her friend Kasia