Digging towards the light

by Paddy Bushe

Bushe, Paddy. Digging Towards The Light. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1994. 15 cm x 21 cm. 63 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing only. Includes for example the following After Love / Direen House, Lauragh / Cathaoir Synge, Inis Mean etc etc. Born Dublin, 1948. Poet (Irish/English). His poetry collections include Poems With Amergin (Dublin, Beaver Row Press, 1989); Teanga (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1990); Counsellor (Kerry, Sceilg Press, 1991); Digging Towards The Light (Dublin, Dedalus Press, 1994); In Ainneoin na gCloch (Coiscéim, 2001); Hopkins on Skellig Michael (Dublin, Dedalus Press, 2001); The Nitpicking of Cranes (Dedalus, 2004); and To Ring in New and Selected Poems (Dedalus, 2008). The recipient of the Oireachtas prize for poetry in 2006, Paddy Bushe was also the recipient of the 2006 Michael Hartnett Poetry Award and was a runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh award in 1988. His collection Poets at Smerwick was highly commended by the 1987 Arvon International Poetry Competition. He lives in Co. Kerry. (Munsterlit).

63 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994