One Wide Expanse - The Poet's Chair Author:Michael Longley This is the first volume in The Poet's Chair series, which will publish the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established in 1998 following the award of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Seamus Heaney. In this volume, the distinguished Irish poet Michael Longley - whose poetry has transcended pol... more »itical and cultural boundaries throughout his career - reflects on what has influenced his craft.« less