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BREAKING NEWS- cover - 'The Blacksmith' (1813/14) by Theodore Gericault copyright 2003 Kunsthaus Zurich


WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION (2003)

. . . precise and powerful words about war and politics -- taut, truthful poems that the judges agreed would long outlive their topicality.

The deceptively spare poems in Ciaran Carson's radical new collection encapsulate the black taxis and the blackbird of Belfast, whose past and traditions the book refracts.

The historical reach of Breaking News embraces 'The Gladstone Bar circa 1954', 'Russia' and 'The Indian Mutiny' as well as responses to paintings by Goya and Géricault. Shorter poems pave the way for 'The War Correspondent', a series of poems which dwell on the horrors and the spirit of episodes in the Crimean War. Ciaran Carson records the force of terror and beauty with surgical precision and lapidary skill.

CIARAN CARSON
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His words and phrases resonate among the open spaces which surround them. The mosaic quality of these poems includes silences, interruptions and fractures in communication.

Gesturing towards William Carlos Williams' rhythms of speech and living, this prodigiously gifted, ever inventive poet extends the range of his Irish idiom.


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THE IRISH FOR NO THE NEW ESTATE FIRST LANGUAGE OPERA ET CETERA THE ALEXANDRINE PLAN BELFAST CONFETTI
THE TWELFTH OF NEVER THE MIDNIGHT COURT FOR ALL WE KNOW Cover: L'heure Bleue by Clément Serveau (1886-1972). All rights reserved COLLECTED POEMS. Cover: Howard Hodgkin, 'Nick' (1977) © Howard Hodgkin. Image courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery ON THE NIGHT WATCH Cover: 'Woman Reading' (1911 Oil on Canvas) by George Braques 1882-1963 Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library © DACS 2009 UNTIL BEFORE AFTER Cover image: 'Gold Watch' by Pat Harris, courtesy of the artist, Taylor Galleries, Dublin and Purdy Hicks, London