The five books chosen for this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now Award shortlist are
The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx by Tara Bergin (Carcanet),
The Radio, Leontia Flynn (Cape Poetry),
Live Streaming, Conor O’Callaghan (Gallery Press),
Bindweed, Mark Roper (Dedalus Press) and
The President of Planet Earth, David Wheatley (Carcanet).
The winner of the annual €2,000 prize will be announced at the Mountains to Sea Poetry Now festival in the Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire on March 24th.
