Anthology of Young Irish Poets, Ingrid Casey (ed.)

Abstract

With great anticipation and curiosity I received the Anthology of Young Irish Poets published in 2019 by Vakhikon and edited by Irish poet and visual artist Ingrid Casey who undertook the task of harvesting representative new Irish poetic voices for the purposes of this collection. The volume reflects the need to maintain representational gender balances by showcasing modern Irish poetry as a “living art” (p. 7) with agents of this representation eleven Irish poets: Doireann Ni Ghriofa, Ingri...