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Guff

Product Description: Brendan Kennelly's Guff is both mouthpiece and mouthed off, Devil's advocate and self-critic, everyman and every writer consumed by self-doubt and self-questioning. The book of Guff is about the words writing the man. Words drive him into the cave of himself where he questions everything, including words that seem to constitute answers and answers that question both questions and answers...read more

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852249830 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, February 15, 2014, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Brendan Kennelly's Guff is both mouthpiece and mouthed off, Devil's advocate and self-critic, everyman and every writer consumed by self-doubt and self-questioning.

Poems

Product Description: Published in 1938, Wingfield's first volume of poems displays her enduring interest in classical literature, brought to life in vivid and precise language. Though she later became isolated from the literary scene, Wingfield remained a poet of cosmopolitan perspectives, endlessly curious about other cultures and fascinated by the fields of history and science...read more

By Lucy Collins (editor), Brendan Kennelly (foreword by) and Sheila Wingfield

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9781907593666 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, July 15, 2013, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Published in 1938, Wingfield's first volume of poems displays her enduring interest in classical literature, brought to life in vivid and precise language.

Reservoir Voices

Product Description: Much of Brendan Kennelly's poetry gives voice to others and otherness. Whether through masks or personae, dramatic monologues or riddles, his poems inhabit other lives, other beings and other ways of being in the world.

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852248352 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, August 15, 2009, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: Much of Brendan Kennelly's poetry gives voice to others and otherness.

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9781852248369 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, August 15, 2009, cover price $21.95

A Harvest: New, Rare and Uncollected Essays

Product Description: Con Houlihan was born in CastleIsland and, following a career as a teacher and bookmaker, moved to Dublin, where he worked on the Irish Press and Evening Press for many years. A Harvest is a rich and eclectic collection in which the reader is more likely to come upon a piece on Gerard Manley Hopkins or Walt Whitman than one on Lester Piggot or world-championship boxing...read more

By Brendan Kennelly (introduced by)

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9781905483303 | Liberties Pr, March 15, 2008, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Con Houlihan was born in CastleIsland and, following a career as a teacher and bookmaker, moved to Dublin, where he worked on the Irish Press and Evening Press for many years.

When Then Is Now: Three Greek Tragedies

Brings together Brendan Kennelly's modern versions of three Greek tragedies. This work focuses on women whose lives are torn apart by war, family conflict and despotic regimes. It gives living testament of his belief that 'listening to ancient voices can help us confront, understand and express many problems.'

By Brendan Kennelly (editor)

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9781852247430 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, March 15, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Brings together Brendan Kennelly's modern versions of three Greek tragedies.

Now

Addresses the question: What is 'now'? This book takes us on a journey through a dark night of the soul, through the thoughts and feelings of various kinds of people struggling to survive and find meaning in their lives. It focuses on women whose lives are torn apart by war, family conflict and despotic regimes.

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852247485 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, March 15, 2007, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Addresses the question: What is 'now'?

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9781852247492 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, March 15, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Addresses the question: What is 'now'?

Dancing On The Waves: Romania's Orphans And The Grand Canal

Product Description: The Grand Canal is a remarkable treasure, an 86-mile secret passageway from Ringsend in the heart of Dublin to the River Shannon. In July 2005 John Mulligan set out to walk it despite a dodge knee, wrong shoes, and a lack of fitness...read more

By Brendan Kennelly (foreword by) and John Mulligan

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9781903464731 | Collins Pr, July 4, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The Grand Canal is a remarkable treasure, an 86-mile secret passageway from Ringsend in the heart of Dublin to the River Shannon.

The Wisdom Of The Irish: A Concise Anthology

Product Description: A perfect book for those who want to rediscover their roots, or simply to learn more about the rich and vast landscape of Irish literature and thought.

By Suheil Bushrui (compiler) and Brendan Kennelly (foreword by)

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9781851683512 | Oneworld Pubns Ltd, February 15, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A perfect book for those who want to rediscover their roots, or simply to learn more about the rich and vast landscape of Irish literature and thought.

Familiar Strangers: New & Selected Poems 1960-2004

To selectively present more than four decades' worth of his poems, Kennelly unusually but effectively groups the poems thematically rather than chronologically. So doing, he illuminates connections as he reveals development. ...An altogether rich, wild, demanding, and fulfilling collection.""--Booklist, starred review.

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852246624, titled "Familiar Strangers: New And Selected Poems, 1960-2004" | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, October 15, 2004, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: To selectively present more than four decades' worth of his poems, Kennelly unusually but effectively groups the poems thematically rather than chronologically.

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9781852246631 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, December 1, 2004, cover price $32.95

Martial Art

Product Description: This playful poet is alive and kicking. He is a satirist trying to define generosity, happiness and love, with scurrilous candor and piercing clarity in brief punchy poems. But no matter how savage his attacks, he is always playful and compassionate...read more

By Brendan Kennelly and Martial

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9781852246273 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, November 1, 2003, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: This playful poet is alive and kicking.

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9781852246211 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, September 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This playful poet is alive and kicking.

The Little Book of Judas

Product Description: In 1992 a 400-page book of poetry was the number one seller in Ireland. This is a shorter version, with some damning new revelations from the eternal scapegoat and outcast. ""One of the most ambitious literary enterprises of the last century, 'The Book of Judas' is Kennelly's prolonged meditation on the theme of betrayal...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852245849 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, November 1, 2002, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: In 1992 a 400-page book of poetry was the number one seller in Ireland.

Glimpses

Product Description: In a frantic world, the momentary glimpse can spark a sudden flash of insight. This resonating glimpse-caught on the move-ripples through the mind, illuminating past and present, fast-forwarding in a split second to reveal future possibilities...read more

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852245757 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, October 1, 2001, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: In a frantic world, the momentary glimpse can spark a sudden flash of insight.

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9781852245627 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, October 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: In a frantic world, the momentary glimpse can spark a sudden flash of insight.

The Man Made of Rain

The long poem written after the poet's quadruple bypass surgery documents the shadowlands between life and death

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852244545 | Dufour Editions, April 1, 2001, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The long poem written after the poet's quadruple bypass surgery documents the shadowlands between life and death

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9781852244552 | Dufour Editions, June 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The long poem written after the poet's quadruple bypass surgery documents the shadowlands between life and death

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781852244583 | Dufour Editions, March 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The long poem written after the poet's quadruple bypass surgery documents the shadowlands between life and death

The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me

By Brendan Kennelly (editor)

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9781852244408 | Gardners Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $16.55

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By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852244972 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, June 1, 2000, cover price $20.95

The Poetry Quartets: Irish Poets

Product Description: Each two-hour double-cassette is a poetry quartet of four poets reading and talking about their work for thirty minutes.

By Paul Durcan, Brendan Kennelly, Michael Longley and Medbh McGuckian

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9781852244989 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, February 1, 2000, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Each two-hour double-cassette is a poetry quartet of four poets reading and talking about their work for thirty minutes.

Love of Ireland: Poems from the Irish

Product Description: A collection of translations that seeks to capture all the spontaneity, candour, freshness and emotional fullness of Irish poetry. It includes translations of The Old Woman of Bease, Kate of Gornavilla and A Cry for Art O'Leary.

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781856353861 | Revised edition (Mercier Pr Ltd, December 15, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A collection of translations that seeks to capture all the spontaneity, candour, freshness and emotional fullness of Irish poetry.

9780853428886 | Irish Amer Book Co, January 1, 1990, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A collection of translations that seeks to capture all the spontaneity, candour, freshness and emotional fullness of Irish poetry.

The Boats Are Home

By Brendan Kennelly

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9780904011098 | Gallery Books, May 1, 1999, cover price $12.95

Sophocles' Antigone: A New Version

Product Description: Brendan Kennelly's new version...is probably the most substantial Irish drama since W. B. Yeats was writing ....This is, of course, a political tragedy. Antigone, in deciding to bury her disgraced dead brother, is playing true to the laws of the gods and to the instincts of the family...read more

By Brendan Kennelly and Sophocles

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9781852243647 | Dufour Editions, December 1, 1996, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Brendan Kennelly's new version.

Dublines

Product Description: Dublin has been called the center of the paralysis of the Universe, the second city of Empire, Scandaltown, Strumpet City, a series of accidental encounters, the largest village in Europe, the fishy home of Molly Malone, and occasionally the capital of Ireland...read more

By Katie Donovan (editor) and Brendan Kennelly (editor)

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9781852242572 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, December 1, 1996, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Dublin has been called the center of the paralysis of the Universe, the second city of Empire, Scandaltown, Strumpet City, a series of accidental encounters, the largest village in Europe, the fishy home of Molly Malone, and occasionally the capital of Ireland.

Blood Wedding: (Bodas De Sangre) : A New Version

By Federico Garcia Lorca and Brendan Kennelly (trans)

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9781852243548 | Dufour Editions, December 1, 1996, cover price $30.95

James Joyce: The Poems in Verse and Prose

Product Description: A selection of the poems and poetic prose of James Joyce, chosen to emphasize his humanity and the humour underlying it, and to demonstrate his range and versatility.

By A. Norman Jeffares (editor) and Brendan Kennelly (editor)

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9781856262156 | Trafalgar Square, October 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A selection of the poems and poetic prose of James Joyce, chosen to emphasize his humanity and the humour underlying it, and to demonstrate his range and versatility.

Poetry My Arse: A Poem

An epic poem explores the world of Dubliner Ace de Horner, who is going blind, but whose vanity convinces him that his eyesight is actually improving

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781852243227 | Bloodaxe Books Ltd, July 1, 1996, cover price $58.95 | About this edition: An epic poem explores the world of Dubliner Ace de Horner, who is going blind, but whose vanity convinces him that his eyesight is actually improving

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9781852243234 | Dufour Editions, June 1, 1995, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An epic poem explores the world of Dubliner Ace de Horner, who is going blind, but whose vanity convinces him that his eyesight is actually improving

Ireland's Women: Writings Past and Present

Product Description: A rich treasury of writing by and about Ireland's women. This is the first volume of its kind to present a collection of writings by and about Ireland's women. From Queen Maeve of Connaught to President Mary Robinson, this book presents Irish women as their compatriotsâmen and women bothâhave described and interpreted them...read more

By Katie Donovan, A. Norman Jeffares and Brendan Kennelly

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9780393313604 | W W Norton & Co Inc, December 1, 1995, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A rich treasury of writing by and about Ireland's women.

Moloney Up and at It

Product Description: A collection of comic poems with a central character, Moloney, who tells of his experiences of, for the most part, sex and death. The language of the poems is of the south west of Ireland, and of north Kerry in particular. Brendan Kennelly is the author of My Dark Fathers and Cromwell...read more

By Brendan Kennelly

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9781856351294 | Reprint edition (Irish Amer Book Co, December 1, 1995), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of comic poems with a central character, Moloney, who tells of his experiences of, for the most part, sex and death.

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