The Stinging Fly Issue 21/Volume 2 Spring 2012

by Declan Meade, Eabhan Ni Shúileabháin (Editor)

Fiction
Mary Costello - ‘The Sewing Room’
Ethel Rohan - ‘Sweet Pea’
Paul O'Reilly - ‘Alzheimer’s’
Marianne O'Rourke - ‘Stasis’
Robert Hopkins - ‘Hancock Park’
Danielle McLaughlin - ‘All About Alice’
Leona Lee Cully - ‘A Sin To Tell The Naked Truth’
Colin Barrett - ‘Another Drift’
Carys Davies - ‘The Quiet’
Poetry
Yvonne Cullen - ‘Dumb Poem’
Natalie Ryan - ‘She Wishes’
Conor McManus - ‘At Your Local Spar’
Peter Boyle - ‘18/1/2012’
Peter Boyle - ‘5/2/2012 – The Guardian Angel’
Rachel Gippetti - ‘Three Minute Moments’
Cath Nichols - ‘Blink’
Brian McGettrick - ‘none the less’
Clare McCotter - ‘Scent of a Salesman’
Liam Ó Muirthile - ‘Fógraí Báis / Death Notices’
Ron Houchin - ‘Between’
Barbara A. Morton - ‘Impossible Not To Think Of Him’
Fiona Gell - ‘Going Out’
Neil Banks - ‘Love Seems Unlikely’
Maggie Breen - ‘Imitation’
Maureen Hill - ‘They shall not grow old’
Gary Allen - ‘The Boxer’
Joseph Allen - ‘Both Sides’
Knute Skinner - ‘Bigler’
Liam Ó Muirthile - ‘The Iron Lady’
Featured Poet
Donna Sørensen - ‘The Canal’
Donna Sørensen - ‘The Puppet Son’
Donna Sørensen - ‘We Are Far From Home’
Donna Sørensen - ‘Horror Story’
Donna Sørensen - ‘Looking For Light’
Re:fresh
Kimberly Campanello - ‘RE:fresh | Joseph Campbell’
Criticism
Anne Enright: The Forgotten Waltz, reviewed by Liam Sweeney
Nuala Ní Chonchúir: The Juno Charm, reviewed by Grace Wells
Eleanor Hooker / Leeanne Quinn: The Shadow Owner’s Companion / Before You, reviewed by Lucy Collins
eds., George Craig, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Dan Gunn and Lois More Overbeck: The Letters of Samuel Beckett (1941–1956), reviewed by Tom Mathews

128 pages, Paperback

Published February 27, 2012

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.

Reviews

[Iulia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poetry: Donna Sørensen's poems and Neil Banks's "Love Seems Unlikely" were by far the best. The rest are, sadly, mediocre.