Emaker Editions imprint: 2 books

A series of meditations on love and pain, Tried and Sentenced draws on acclaimed collections from Raven Press and New Island Books. On The Year of the Knife "Things that please me in poetry are precision, compassion and images that surpass the common run of language; also that the poet must have...

Sometimes all that can heal grief is the right story. In late 1980s Dublin, Tess meets Mungo, who, like herself, is ridden with guilt – she because she is forced to leave her son with her hated husband; he because his son is scarred after a fire caused by his carelessness. They are too hurt...