How To Write A Preface For A Poem

When Derek Mahon accustomed author’s copies of Night-Crossing in September 1968, he inscribed one to his approaching wife: “Doreen, for the adulation that’s in it.” The inscription signals a redirection of his affections. The adulation balladry in Night-Crossing had, in fact, been accounting for addition else. Readers of Mahon’s balladry will admit Jill Schlesinger as … Read more