"Many poets write about place. Not many write about the spirit of place with the tenacity and eloquence of Mary O'Malley. She has sought out, with careful language and a vivid tone, the emotional colour of the west she knows. She investigates its desolation and its history and is a true artist in sketching the beautiful, small details without which the essence of place, and the identity dependent on it, can be all too easily erased." Eavan Boland

About the Author

Hennessey Award winner Mary O'Malley was born in Connemara and educated at University College, Galway. Her other collections of poetry are A Consideration of Silk (Salmon 1990), The Knife in the Wave (Salmon, 1997), and Asylum Road (Salmon, 2001). She has written for both radio and television and is a frequent broadcaster. Her poems have been translated into several languages. She travels and lectures widely in Europe and the U.S. She has completed residencies in Derry and Mayo, and edited two books of children's writing and The Waterside Book from her time in Derry. She lives in the Moycullen Gaeltacht, Co. Galway. 

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