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Month: March 2022

Ní Ghriofa, Doireann, “A Ghost in the Throat” (Biblioasis, 2020).

Back at my clothesline, I think of those women. I arrange my body as they did: I look up. The … More

domestic work, domesticity, Irish literature, motherhood, past, Women

Ní Ghriofa, Doireann, “A Ghost in the Throat” (Biblioasis, 2020).

The gesture of pinching clothes to the line requires my arms to reach skywards, to where clouds gush by, a … More

domestic work, domesticity, Fiction, Irish literature, motherhood, Narratives, Nature, parenting

Ní Ghriofa, Doireann, “A Ghost in the Throat” (Biblioasis, 2020).

In donating my milk, I want to help families in distress, yes, an urge sparked by empathy, but I suspect … More

Fiction, Irish literature, motherhood, nursing, parenting

Ní Ghriofa, Doireann, “A Ghost in the Throat” (Biblioasis, 2020).

Months passed the way months will, in a spin of grocery lists, vomiting bugs, Easter eggs, hoovering, and electricity bills. … More

domestic work, domesticity, Fiction, Irish literature, motherhood, Narratives, parenting, Poetry, the female body, translation, writing

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