What sticks with me from a graduate seminar in American Puritan Literature. I don't remember how we wandered so far afield, but I'm glad we did.
Thomas Kinsella has died.
— Seamus Heaney (@HeaneyDaily) December 22, 2021
A poet of Ireland, he reinvigorated Irish poetry. His poem, a Butchers Dozen (linked here), was written in the passionate aftermath of Bloody Sunday. His words were fully vindicated by the Saville Inquiry 40 years later.https://t.co/n9RhInxZ21 pic.twitter.com/btXxgRwf8u