 Glenn
Patterson's favourite Northern Irish author has been
described as one of the brightest and most talented poets
of the twentieth century. This brilliant Ulster man captured
the essence of those rare fleeting moments when everything
seems to come together, to make sense.
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Glenn
Patterson was just seventeen when he first heard the poem
Snow. He said it was like a light coming on, and
that‘If this is what writing could do, I wanted to be
a writer.’ Snow is one of the twentieth century’s best
short lyric poems. Today its author, Irish-born Louis MacNeice,
is enjoying renewed favour. Belfast born author Glenn Patterson
traces the life of Louis MacNeice, from his birth in Belfast
and childhood in Carrickfergus through to his brilliant academic
and professional career. So why don't you learn more about
the links between Louis MacNeice and Northern Ireland?
World is crazier and more of it than we
think,
incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion
a tangerine and spit the pips and feel
the drunkenness of things being various.
from Snow
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Have a read of some of the submissions by local NI writers.
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Read about other writers experiences and how they got started.
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Find out about publishing opportunities and local writing organisations.
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Louis MacNeice
 MacNeice Gallery >>
MacNeice Video Clips >>
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Introduction
