My Upcoming Novel: A Life Before Launches on Kickstarter Soon
The launch of my epic Gonne-Yeats series is getting close. Seven years work is about to come together, with Book … Read more
Novels, Poetry & Creativism
The launch of my epic Gonne-Yeats series is getting close. Seven years work is about to come together, with Book … Read more
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Thank you for attending my St Patrick’s Day talk “More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats” at Kino-Teatr, St Leonards on Sea
Happy Paddy’s Day! What are you doing to celebrate? I’ll be giving a talk at Kino-Teatr in St. Leonards, Maud … Read more
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It’s Mother’s Day… time for a poem. I’ve actually just come back from a trip to Ireland which has prompted … Read more
Over the next few months, I’ll be doing a series of events to launch my novel series about the great activist and poet, Maud Gonne, and the poet she inspired, WB Yeats. I’m starting out at home–my new home of St Leonards on Sea, that is–with a St Patricks Day event at Kino-Teatr: More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats.
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and I’ll be using it to write to Minister for Media in Ireland about the … Read more
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I believe Maud Gonne deserves public honor from Dublin for her social and political achievements yes, but her statue is particularly timely now. She embodies the sort of objections those in power use to keep out those who are different–female, queer, colored, disabled or outsidered in some other way. As a young woman she was dismissed as a rich English spy or a self-serving drama queen by unsympathetic nationalists. After she died she was dubbed a liar by unsympathetic scholars. In between she was always seen as “too” something. Too bloodthirsty, too divorced, too radical, too English, too feminist, too self-promoting, too extreme, too pathetic. Today, she is too anti-Semitic. The “More Than A Muse” campaign will highlight not just her many achievements but also the many ways she was unduly vilified.
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Does Maud Gonne deserve a statue in Dublin? Some feminists believe so and want to see her recognized for her … Read more
Last year I did my first Kickstarter project and I was bowled over by how brilliant the platform is for … Read more
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