@ The 2014 Cúirt
International Festival of Literature
Sunday 13th April
– Galway Arts Centre, 47
Dominick Street
- 4:00pm
Salmon Poetry presents the launch
of The Ghost In The Lobby by Kevin Higgins
The launch will be MCed by poet Elaine Feeney.
Salmon Poetry presents the launch
of The Ghost In The Lobby by Kevin Higgins
The launch will be MCed by poet Elaine Feeney.
The book will be
launched by Mick Wallace TD.
Admission: Free
ALL WELCOME
Praise
for Kevin Higgins’s poetry:
“His contribution to the development of Irish satire
is indisputable ... Higgins’ poems embody all of the cunning and deviousness of
language as it has been manipulated by his many targets... it is clear that
Kevin Higgins’ voice and the force of his poetic project are gaining in
confidence and authority with each new collection.” Philip Coleman
“Comedy is part of his poetics, and what I especially like in his work is its swiftness of wit, its tone of buoyant contrarianism and jubilant disappointment”, Eamonn Grennan, The Irish Times
“It is a profound compliment to the quality of Kevin’s writing that you can disagree with the content and yet find yourself still reading on and appreciating the style. You’d have to say that he is one of the lead poets of his generation in Ireland at this stage.” Clare Daly TD
“good satirical savagery”. The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000
“Comedy is part of his poetics, and what I especially like in his work is its swiftness of wit, its tone of buoyant contrarianism and jubilant disappointment”, Eamonn Grennan, The Irish Times
“It is a profound compliment to the quality of Kevin’s writing that you can disagree with the content and yet find yourself still reading on and appreciating the style. You’d have to say that he is one of the lead poets of his generation in Ireland at this stage.” Clare Daly TD
“good satirical savagery”. The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000
Copies of The Ghost in the Lobby can purchased here in advance of the launch.
