I Was Born In Northern Ireland In

Last Year I Was A Judge For A Prize In England, The T.s. Eliot Prize, So I Read Everything That Was Published In England Last Year.

On The Other Hand, At Some Level The Mass Of Unresolved Issues In Northern Ireland Does Influence The Fact That There Are So Many Good Writers In The Place.

I Suppose For Whatever Reason I Actively Welcome Being Put Down, Something Which Perhaps Goes Back To My Upbringing - That Accusation Of Not Being Worthy Which Could Be Laid At One's Door.

It Seems To Me The Structure Of The Quartets Is Too Imposed.

Living At That Pitch, On That Edge, Is Something Which Many Poets Engage In To Some Extent.