The virtues of Grainne Tobin’s poetry—subtlety, cleverness, a succinct wisdom, and exhilarating formal dexterity—make the thematic risk-taking in her work and the wry and often raucous humor under the most desperate conditions, both manageable and fruitful. Fearless but with a serious and intense capacity for empathy, Tobin gives readers an expansive and challenging collection of poems.
Poet and translator Gráinne Tobin was born in Armagh in 1951 and lives in Newcastle, County Down. She has published two collections: Banjaxed and The Nervous Flyer’s Companion.
November 2018
