Pillow Talk

by Paula Meehan

This 74 page book contains more than forty of Paula Meehan's poetry. Meehan, Ireland's Professor of Poetry, has dedicated much of her work to an exploration of the lives of the oppressed and the marginalized in society. Her poems are sensual both in her handling of ideas and in her handling of the words which convey those ideas. An essential strand of her work is feminism. The poems in "Pillow Talk" are technically proficient, serious in the questions they address, and never didactic or humourless.

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Meehan studied at University College, Dublin and Eastern Washington University in Spokane, Washington.

She has been awarded The Martin Toonder Award (1995), The Butler Literary Award (1998), and the Denis Devlin Award (2002) for her work.

Reviews

[Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yet another of Meehan's collections — I think I'll likely have read all of hers by month's end.
All the same things as her usual stuff, although I will say this collection feels altogether more melancholic, with themes of violence and loss slipping in between the vistas of Dublin town and the surrounding countryside.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

irish studies II: people, places and identities (bracken)

[Aine MacAodha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laburnum is one of my favoirites for this funny yet caring poet. I though it a great book to curl up and read.