The Stinging Fly Issue 12/Volume 2 Spring 2009

by Declan Meade (Editor)

Fiction
Michael J. Farrell - ‘Gravity’
James Kelman - ‘Justice for One’
Martin Hayes - ‘The Profligacy Show’
Máiríde Woods - ‘Waiting By The Lutétia’
Michéal Donnellan - ‘El Niño’
Poetry
Philip Ó Ceallaigh - ‘On First Drafts…’
Sinéad Morrissey - ‘Ice’
Edward Lee - ‘Love at first sight’
Roderick Ford - ‘The Carpenter’s House’
Roderick Ford - ‘An Old Woman Weeds a Grave’
Matthew Sweeney - ‘Waiting’
Matthew Sweeney - ‘The Photos on the Wall’
Peggie Gallagher - ‘Equinox’
Patrick Deeley - ‘Scripture’
Gerry Murphy - ‘Matins’
Louis Mulcahy - ‘The Pockets’
Louis Mulcahy - ‘The Hat’
Louis Mulcahy - ‘The Shoes’
Judith Mok - ‘Amsterdam’
Liam Aungier - ‘A Postcard from Berlin’
Brian Turner - ‘Teaching Myself Arabic (Lesson #7)’
Brian Turner - ‘American Internal’
Liam Guilar - ‘What I Learnt Watching Archeology On TV’
Patrick Maddock - ‘The Change’
Knut Ødegård - ‘About Visions and Voices’
Paula Meehan - ‘In Solidarity’
Featured Poet
Monica Corish - ‘Mango’
Monica Corish - ‘Cow Goddess’
Monica Corish - ‘Rosalina Silva’
Monica Corish - ‘Ntarama’
Monica Corish - ‘Murambi’
Monica Corish - ‘Exile’
Essays
Joseph O’Connor - ‘First Passions’
Dermot Healy - ‘On First Drafts…’
Mia Gallagher - ‘On First Drafts…’
Nuala Ní Chonchúir - ‘On First Drafts…’
Peter Sirr - ‘On First Drafts…’

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Anyone with an interest in discovering new fiction in Ireland will already be familiar with Declan Meade. Tireless and dedicated, unassuming but committed, he is a literary champion of old-school generosity and the publisher/editor and co-founder of The Stinging Fly.