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Reading by Ciaran Carson


Famed Irish poet and novelist Ciaran Carson will read from his works for the welcome reception to the 2013 Atlantic Archipelagos Research Project. Carson is the author of a number of collections of poetry, including The Irish for No (1987), winner of the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award; Belfast Confetti (1990) winner of The Irish Times‘ Irish Literature Prize for Poetry; and First Language: Poems (1994), winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize. Carson is also the author of Last Night’s Fun: About Time, Food and Music (1996), a study of Irish traditional music. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of Ireland’s foremost voices. Visit willson.uga.edu/event/ciaran-carson-reading for more info. The reading begins at 7 p.m. FREE! 

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