Category: Spring 2016 Irish Issue

Brian Kirk
is a poet, short story writer, playwright, and novelist from Dublin, Ireland. His work has appeared in the Sunday Tribune, Crannog, The Stony

Kevin Kiely
is a poet, novelist, literary critic, American Fulbright Scholar, and Ph.D. in modernist and postmodernist poetry from University College Dublin.

Kevin Higgins
is co–organiser of Over The Edge literary events in Galway. He has published four collections of poems: The Boy With No Face (2005), Time

Aideen Henry
lives in Galway and works as a writer and a physician. Her debut collection of poetry, Hands Moving at the Speed of Falling Snow, was published

Jack Harte
has published two novels, three collections of stories, and the odd poem. His plays, Language of the Mute and Down in History, are playing in

Mark Granier
has published four collections of poetry, Airborne (Salmon Poetry, 2001), The Sky Road (Salmon, 2007), Fade Street (Salt, 2010), and Haunt

Órfhlaith Foyle
was born in Africa to Irish parents and now lives in Galway, Ireland. Her first novel Belios was published by The Lilliput Press. Her first full

Janice Fitzpatrick-Simmons
was born in 1954, received her MA from The University of New Hampshire and was The Assistant Director of The Robert Frost Place. She was a long

Michael Durack
grew up on a farm near Birdhill in County Tipperary, Ireland. His poetry has been published in a wide range of literary journals in Ireland and

Susan Millar DuMars
has published three collections with Salmon Poetry, the most recent of which, The God Thing, appeared in 2013. Bone Fire will be published by