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Music as Muse: The Importance of Jazz for Michael Longley
In an interview with Culture Northern Ireland, our poet Michael Longley stated that his favorite types of music were “Boogie-woogie and Bach.” Longley claims that he has been guided by the musical muse since he first began writing in his teenage years. According to an article Longley wrote for The Guardian in 2011, the muse has…
Continue ReadingA Hundred Doors
Michael Longley’s new book A Hundred Doors is already getting rave reviews! Check out this great article in The Guardian about his latest book. And here’s a sneak peak at one of the poems: A Hundred Doors God! I’m lighting candles again, still the sentimental atheist, family Names a kind of prayer or poem, my…
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