Listen "Thomas McCarthy: Prophecy"
Episode Synopsis
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(24:23) - Thomas McCarthy interview(1:06:53) - Southword poem, The Woman Who Used To Bleed by Lorraine McArdleThomas McCarthy was born in Co. Waterford and educated at UCC. His many collections of poetry include Pandemonium (2016) and Prophecy (2019). A former Editor of Poetry Ireland Review, he is a member of Aosdána. His diaries, Poetry, Memory and the Party, were published in 2022 by The Gallery Press. His essays will be published by The Gallery later this year and his new collection, Plenitude, will be published by Carcanet Press UK in Spring 2025.This week's Southword poem is ‘The Woman Who Used To Bleed' by Lorraine McArdle, which appears in issue 43. You can buy single issues, subscribe, or find out how to submit to Southword here.
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