This edition contains selections from John Montague’s early work, including poems from many of his books: Poisoned Lands, A Chosen Light, The Rough Field, A Slow Dance, The Great Cloak, The Dead Kingdom, and Mount Eagle.
American-born Irish poet, writer of short fiction, essayist, and professor. Graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Iowa.
He was appointed the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he became Distinguished Writer-in-Residence for the New York State Writers’ Institute and Professor of Poetry and Writer-in-Residence at State University of New York at Albany. He also taught at University College Cork.