Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt
PBS Summer Recommendation 2020 Laurie Duggan “There Is a Country in

“There Is a Country in the World”

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this bilingual edition sets the standard for a general

The mesmerising poems in this landmark collection are brought to life in English by award-winning Bloodaxe poet Clare Pollard

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Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt <br><b>PBS Summer Recommendation 2020</b> Laurie Duggan “There Is a Country inIn this collection, Sean Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. By turns searing and meditative, these are lyrics concerned with the matter of the world, its physicality, but also attuned to the proximity of each moment, each thing, to the spiritual. Here, there is sex, grief, and loss, but also a committed dedication to life, hope and renewal. Drawing on the religious, the sacred and the profane, this is a collection in which men meet