Dinner in the Fields by Attracta Fahy
"Attracta Fahy's poetry is loaded with explosive material and hits the reader like a tornado. Her poems are rich with perfectly chosen images which couldn't but move the reader. Indeed, if these emotionally raw poems don't make you sit up and listen you should perhaps go to doctor to check if you're still alive." - Kevin Higgins
Appearing in journals for some time, Attracta Fahy's poems now find their home in Dinner in the FieldsLike the ancients, she bears an attraction for the depths and modes of spirit, our humanity among the deceased, in lyrics of moving recollection. Here we find the strict codes of rural life, turf fires, gravestone etchings, the character of fields, thmaw of slurry pits, the waves of migratory birds whose rhythms map our own instincts of homing and displacement.None of this dissolves in the treacle of nostalgia. Indeed, throughout she turns to address perils of our collective present: the sham of orthodoxy, the threats to intimacy, the border dividing possession and belonging, and the psyche's slender dominion. But in the grip of these complex and often conflicting subjects, her premises join hands with her intimations: the hope that love is never far, that death cannot cancel meaning, which is always at hand, that family is continuous with history's etchings, that the self grows concurrently in nature and family. As she writes, "hope/ moves in the soil beneath/ my feet." If soil does anything of the sort, we are lucky indeed, and fortunate to have a poet of Fahy's evocative talent to offer the beauty of it to mind. Further, it's work that should be taken to memory. -David Rigsbee
Attracta Fahy grew up on a farm in the west of Ireland, in the parish of Killererin, Co. Galway. Having a close affinity with her surroundings, she is inspired by how contemplation of nature reflects and resonates in humanity. The focus of her poetry is to explore, understand, and reveal these connections, often through the use of myth, so we can navigate our emotions, feelings, and intuition. Attracta Fahy's earliest background was in Nursing and Social Care and she currently works as a Psychotherapist, living in Co. Galway. Attracta is a mother of three children. She completed her MA in Writing at NUIG in 2017. She was the October winner in Irish Times; New Irish Writing 2019, was nominated for Pushcart 2018, Best of the Web 2019, shortlisted for 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year, and longlisted in 2019, shortlisted for Allingham Poetry Prize 2019. Her poems have been published in Banshee, Poetry Ireland Review, Live Encounters, A New Ulster, Boyne Berries, Bangor Literary Journal, Poethead, The Curlew, Orbis, Impspired, North West Words, Honest Ulsterman, The Lake, The Blue Nib, Cormorant, Crossways, Three Drops from a Cauldron, Fly on the Wall, Cold Coffee Stand, and in many other journals and magazines. She has been included in The Blue Nib, and Avalanche Anthologies, shortlisted for the 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year,and longlisted for 2019.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913211103 |
| ISBN 10 | 191321110X |
| Title | Dinner in the Fields |
| Author | Attracta Fahy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fly on the Wall Press |
| Year published | 2020-03-12 |
| Number of pages | 45 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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