TLRH | Late Mahon: Resistance and the Medium

A keynote lecture delivered by Hugh Haughton as part of the 'Derek
Mahon: Conference to celebrate poet’s life and work'. The life and
work of poet Derek Mahon will be celebrated (Friday 19th &
Saturday 20th November) in Trinity College Dublin. A conference,
which is being held in advance of what would have been the poet’s
80th birthday, has been organised by Trinity’s School of English in
association with Poetry Ireland and will be hosted in Trinity Long
Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. To mark the
occasion an online exhibition entitled Derek Mahon: Piecing
Together the Poet has been organised jointly by the Library of
Trinity College Dublin and the Stewart Rose Library of Emory
University (home to the principal Mahon archive). The exhibition
features readings by Mahon himself and Stephen Rea along with
specially commissioned interviews with friends and fellow poets.
The exhibition also features atmospheric photographs by John
Minihan. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/