The Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry
- ISBN-10
- 1930630581
- ISBN-13
- 9781930630581
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 657
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Peggy O'Brien
Description
With poetry by sixteen of Ireland's finest poets: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Eavan Boland, Eva Bourke, Medbh McGuckian, Kerry Hardie, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Mary O'Malley, Rita Ann Higgins, Paula Meehan, Moya Cannon, Katie Donovan, Vona Groarke, Enda Wyley, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O'Reilly, and Leontia Flynn.
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