Citizen Poet: New and Selected Essays Michael Semff Exterior features one zip coin

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Citizen Poet: New and Selected Essays Michael Semff Exterior features one zip coinEavan Boland was a trailblazing poet, critic, teacher, and essayist. Carving a path for the next generation, she broke open the male dominated canon of Irish literature and mapped her poetic journey through the contours of life as a mother, daughter, and citizen. This generous and wise volume contains essays selected from Object Lessons (1995) and A Journey with Two Maps (2011); later writings addressing the changing nature of poetry; and a draft of a