- In
- 2013,
- Seamus
- Heaney
- met
- with
- Faber
- poetry
- editor
- Matthew
- Hollis
- in
- Dublin.
- He
- said
- that
- one
- project
- he
- would
- very
- much
- like
- to
- complete
- would
- be
- to
- prepare
- a
- personal
- selection
- from
- across
- the
- entire
- arc
- of
- his
- poetry,
- small
- yet
- comprehensive
- enough
- to
- serve
- as
- an
- introduction
- for
- all
- comers.
- He
- never
- managed
- to
- make
- the
- selection
- in
- his
- lifetime,
- and
- after
- his
- passing,
- the
- project
- was
- initially
- set
- aside.
- But
- now,
- at
- last,
- it
- has
- been
- returned
- to
- once
- more,
- and
- the
- result
- is
- an
- intimate
- gathering
- of
- poems
- chosen
- and
- introduced
- by
- the
- Heaney
- family.
- Coinciding
- with
- the
- opening
- by
- the
- National
- Library
- of
- Ireland
- of
- a
- permanent
- exhibition
- dedicated
- to
- the
- life
- and
- work
- of
- Seamus
- Heaney,
- this
- is
- a
- singular,
- accessible
- selection
- for
- new
- and
- younger
- readers
- that
- has
- the
- opportunity
- to
- reach
- far
- and
- wide,
- now
- and ahead.
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