Book review: Poet Muldoon flexes the muscles of his intellect, technique, not of his heart

This collection is filled with poems that we borrow for a while, to guide us through Muldoon’s phantasmagorical underworld; before he walks away with his book under his arm, leaving us to wonder if we ever really knew him
Book review: Poet Muldoon flexes the muscles of his intellect, technique, not of his heart

Paul Muldoon: Balances multiple voices and themes and peppers poems with allusion and wordplay. Picture: Beowulf Sheehan

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024 - 01:00
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