The Solace of Artemis is the latest collection from Paula Meehan, one in which she explores the mythic and the commonplace, encounters of family love and the city she calls home. Always an empathetic poet, Meehan’s ear is finely-tuned to the experience of often ignored communities. She takes her place in the ranks of Ireland’s finest poets by virtue of her attention to craft, the musicality of her work, its great humour and depth. Collections include Return and No Blame, Mysteries of the Home, Pillow Talk and As If By Magic. In 2013, Paula Meehan was named Ireland Professor of Poetry, a post she held for three years. Her work is marked by a strong sense of place, direct speech and idiomatic language. The range of her poetry is wide in both subject and form and her fidelity to the world she explores is profound and powerful. It has been translated into languages including French, German, Greek, Estonian, Japanese, and Irish. She has said “The artist can sometimes be more powerful as an activist by following the muse.”

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