Arriving poets from Alaska and Galway

MARY MULLEN was born in Anchorage, Alaska but has lived in Ballinderreen, Co Galway, for more than a decade. She has read her work at the Cúirt Over The Edge showcase and is a graduate of the MA in writing at NUIG.

I was familiar with Mary’s poetry before I opened her new collection Zephyr (Salmon Poetry) and began to read. Her poems are full of everyday things. Her native Alaska features in the fine coming of age poem ‘Alaskan Summer Rite, 1969’.

Let the mocking bird sing

INSIDE THE cover of a 2006 paperback edition of the book the blurb reads: “Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, a village that is still her home. She attended local schools and the University of Alabama.

“Before she started writing she lived in New York where she worked in the reservations department of an international airline. She has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, two honorary degrees, and various other literary and library awards.

Win tickets to The Temple House festival

THE TEMPLE House Festival takes place in Co Sligo from Friday September 10 to Sunday 12.

The line up includes The Undertones, The Stunning, bass guitar legend Peter Hook, Reef, O Emperor, The Wailers, and The Saw Doctors.

More The Week

• Further adventures and new ‘toons from The Saw Doctors
• Wings’ guitarist to play Róisín Dubh
• Guitar and cello concert in Tuam
• The Grunts to play Róisín Dubh
• Theatre review: The Silver Tassie
• Go back to the fifties with All Shook Up
• Shakin’ all the way west
• Fiddler On The Roof auditions
• Theatre auditions
• Fearghal McKee and Los Langeros @ Róisín Dubh
• New EP from Evil Uncle
• Beatles, reggae, and country @ Monroe’s Live
• Only Fumes & Corpses @ Kelly’s
• Galway poets @ Electric Picnic
• A feast of exhibitions at Clifden
• Poetry reading in An Spidéal
• Explore your magnetism at Galway Arts Centre
• Proust Questionnaire
• Cinema Review : Salt
• Colin Murphy for Laughter Lounge
• Win tickets to The Temple House festival
• Let the mocking bird sing
• Arriving poets from Alaska and Galway
• Lost Chord to play Electric Picnic
• David Gray for Arthur’s Day
• Celebrate American music in Galway
• Clifden Arts Festival programme unveiled
• Theatrical hat trick for Druid and Enda Walsh
• Power Performance Academy enrolling for new term
• Theatre auditions