Vinegar Hill
Poems
Colm Toibin
- From
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- best-selling
- author
- of
- Brooklyn,
- Colm
- Tóibín’s
- first
- collection
- of
- poetry
- explores
- sexuality,
- religion,
- and
- belonging
- through
- a
- modern
- lensFans
- of
- Colm
- Tóibín’s
- novels,
- including
- The
- Magician,
- The
- Master,
- and
- Nora
- Webster,
- will
- relish
- the
- opportunity
- to
- re-encounter
- Tóibín
- in
- verse.
- Vinegar
- Hill
- explores
- the
- liminal
- space
- between
- private
- experiences
- and
- public
- events
- as
- Tóibín
- examines
- a
- wide
- range
- of
- subjects—politics,
- queer
- love,
- reflections
- on
- literary
- and
- artistic
- greats,
- living
- through
- COVID,
- and
- facing
- mortality.
- The
- poems
- reflect
- a
- life
- well-traveled
- and
- well-lived;
- from
- growing
- up
- in
- the
- town
- of
- Enniscorthy,
- wandering
- the
- streets
- of
- Dublin,
- and
- crossing
- the
- bridges
- of
- Venice
- to
- visiting
- the
- White
- House,
- readers
- will
- travel
- through
- familiar
- locations
- and
- new
- destinations
- through
- Tóibín’s
- unique
- lens.Within
- this
- rich
- collection
- of
- poems
- written
- over
- the
- course
- of
- several
- decades,
- shot
- through
- with
- keen
- observation,
- emotion,
- and
- humor,
- Tóibín
- offers
- us
- lines
- and
- verses
- to
- provoke,
- ponder,
- and cherish.
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