Modern Irish women are outspoken about the issues that rouse their passion--love and sex, marriage and divorce, abortion and adoption. As Katie Donovan says in her introduction: "Our selection is intended to give the reader a taste of the varied spectrum, from the courtly praise of men to swinish male chauvinism; from women's declarations of outrage against church and state to their celebrations of childbirth and motherhood." This book celebrates the vast range of women's thought and activity, their spirituality, and their passions The women who appear in this collection are both well known...

Katie Donovan writes about the hungers which haunt our flesh & our fantasies, the conjunction of myth & the physical world of body & earth. Her visceral poems render new sensations, landscapes & perceptions, taking a fresh look at family & history, with daring imagery interwoven with language by turns playful & elegiac.

Words give our lives shape. In Katie Donovan's first book of poetry The Seasons of Words images are woven together to create meaning and perspective from our daily experiences. In this four part collection of poems each part has a theme related to a season. Topics range from love, loss, uncertainty, self-discovery, and natural beauty. Reading her poetry is like putting words to feelings you cannot express and you feel like someone truly understands you: "Silver linings are pinned to the ground / And dreams drift like smoke." Full of emotion and lyrical beauty, the poems will speak to the...