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Armagh: City of Memories
There will come a time very soon when my feet will once again be planted on United States soil, and someone will ask me with more enthusiasm than my weary body can bear, “And what of Ireland?” “What of it?” … Continue reading
Hewitt: Night
Friday: the last day of Hewitt-Con. The first panel of the day may have been the best; Alistair Moffat talked about the history of the DNA of the Irish people– all people actually. He spoke of the migrations of people … Continue reading
Hewitt: Dusk
Thursday primarily reminded me that we are nearing the end of the trip. Tess Gallagher’s reading struck me the most today, her poetry combined urbana and nature well. Mary Costello provided some insight into adapting memoir/life events into fiction stories, … Continue reading
Poem I Wrote in Workshop
A Night And he pushes me out the door And the night weeps on his shoulders And the pavement pools slap at his knees And passing headlights snap a glimpse of him And he hears a tree branch snap, somewhere … Continue reading
The Last Poem of the Night
Today I read a poem. Actually, I read two of my own creation at the John Hewitt Summer School’s first open mic night. The proceedings for choosing the order in which the twenty-some amateur poets read their work was quite … Continue reading
John Hewitt posts
Day two: Our workshop is going well. I am getting a lot of tips on crime fiction that can be converted into crime reporting. For instance, writing in shorter and punchier sentences is good advice for both reporting and writing … Continue reading
Hewitt: Day
Wednesday was rather full, I attended all but one presentation, since Malachi spoke to us about the future of Northern Ireland during the afternoon. I greatly enjoyed the poetry of Iggy McGovern, which contained great puns and lots of correlations … Continue reading
Hewitt: Morning
Tuesday presented some interesting sessions, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown spoke on the struggles of Muslim women in the world and the growing freedoms/rejections of “tradition” such as covering the face, which, aparently, doesn’t have a place in the Quran. The scriptwriting workshop … Continue reading
The Day at the Festival
Another day at the Hewitt brought on poems, fiction readings, and a marvelous one-woman play directed by Belfast playwright Martin Lynch, who much to my happy surprise, remembered me from our earlier meeting and offered a friendly greeting this afternoon. … Continue reading
Actor’s Views…
As an actor in the presentation of the plays we made, I had to say that it’s tough to keep a straight face throughout the whole thing because the works were so funny. I failed at that, yes, but when … Continue reading
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