Heaney reveals how simple things, such as a thimble or a swing, can hold the weight of history-and how history can alter the emotional weight... Fluent, enjoyable and often masterful, this 11th ...

Former US President Joe Biden once again quoted Irish poet Seamus Heaney during a farewell address to his staff after Donald ...

Seamus Heaney, in the poem "The Forge". Bernard Devlin was the youngest of the three surviving sons of blacksmith Barney Devlin and his wife Nancy (née Scullion). His mother was a cousin of ...

She writes: “Seamus gave me the one thing I desperately needed growing up in that crazy family: my certificate of belonging.” In 1970, Heaney arrived in California with his family to spend the ...

Writer Caitlin Flanagan’s friendship with Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney profoundly shaped her life and her Catholic faith. She writes about their bond in The Atlantic. Keep KCRW ...