Monthly Archives: May 2010

(untitled)

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Lia Mills

A lovely new anthology was launched in the Cervantes Institute in Dublin on Wednesday.To The Winds Our Sails: Irish Writers Translate Galician Poets, edited by Mary O’Donnell and Manuela Palacios, (Salmonpoetry) offers introductions to the work of 10 Galician poets … Continue reading →

Posted in Launches | Tagged | Leave a comment

Where are the women?

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Lia Mills

People who know that I spent ten years+ researching, teaching and writing about women’s writing (especially Irish women’s writing) would be justified in asking this question as they look back through my blog to date (all 6 entries). A survey … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged , | Leave a comment

…and then there’s Yeats

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Lia Mills

A friend who is too shy – or maybe too busy – to leave a comment (re Colum McCann) sends an email reminding me that Yeats said it’s easier to break stones than to write. And so he did. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged | Leave a comment

On viewing the page with loathing

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Lia Mills

Going through these old boxes of notes is a chastening experience. I’d forgotten how bad my early attempts at writing were. I suppose it’s progress, of a kind, to be able to recognize putrescence in your own work. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged , , | Leave a comment