by Orna Ross | May 14, 2021 | Fiction |
Willie Yeats was not the only poet to be attracted to Iseult Gonne. His young secretary, Ezra Pound, though married, also set about winning her favour and in the same way–through their shared love of books and writing. This is another extract from my work in...
by Orna Ross | May 7, 2021 | Fiction |
This is a snippet from my current work in progress, Dancing in the Wind. This section centers on the friendship between Iseult Gonne and the poet, editor and mentor, Ezra Pound. CLICK THE “SIGN UP” BUTTON to become a fiction patron and help shape this...
by Orna Ross | Feb 15, 2019 | Fiction |
This is an extract from Dancing In The Wind, the second book in my WB Yeats trilogy. It is narrated by a working-class Irish Parisienne, Rosie. Iseult Gonne has been dispatched to London by her mother, Maud Gonne, to get her longtime friend and one-time suitor, WB...
by Orna Ross | Sep 20, 2011 | Fiction |
IN AUTUMN OF 1916, Iseult Gonne sent a long letter to her friend and mentor, WB Yeats, in which she referred to his recent critique of her writing: “I am most thankful to you for those criticisms you have made on my scribblings,” she wrote. “Yes, they are bad. I...