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Love Poet, Carpenter: Michael Longley at Seventy
Love Poet Carpenter Michael Longley at Seventy Author:Robin Robertson Michael Longley once remarked, `If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there.' In the forty years since his first book, No Continuing City (Dufour, 1969), Longley has shown he has been there many times. This book is firstly a salute to a poet whose formal invention and lyrical depth are exemplary, but it is also an affectionate tribute by sixty... more » writers, artists, and friends to a man of great personal warmth and generosity - who has done so much for the arts in his native Ulster. This Festschrift, with contributions from sixty writers and artists, is published in celebration of Michael Longley's seventieth birthday.« less