Seán Hewitt's guest appearances

Seán Hewitt

Poetry Unbound

Emily Dickinson

Tracy K. Smith

Jake Skeets

Gregory Pardlo

Elizabeth Bishop

Paul Tran

Natalie Diaz

Kaveh Akbar

Marie Howe

Marilyn Nelson

Christian Wiman

Richard Blanco

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Ilya Kaminsky

Margaret Atwood

OwlTail

In times of isolation, what stories have you turned to for comfort?  This poem is an exploration of isolation as seen through the mythical Irish character, Suibhne. Suibhne was cursed and lived a life on the move, a transitory isolation. In the midst of the sadness at all he’s missed, he also sees beauty — and he holds both sadness and appreciation together.Seán Hewitt was born in 1990 and studied English at the University of Cambridge. He is a fiction reviewer for The Irish Times and a Leverhulme Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. His awards include the Northern Writers' Award, the Resurgence Prize, and an Eric Gregory Award. His debut book of poetry is Tongues of Fire.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

In times of isolation, what stories have you turned to for comfort?  This poem is an exploration of isolation as seen through the mythical Irish character, Suibhne. Suibhne was cursed and lived a life on the move, a transitory isolation. In the midst of the sadness at all he’s missed, he also sees beauty — and he holds both sadness and appreciation together.Seán Hewitt was born in 1990 and studied English at the University of Cambridge. He is a fiction reviewer for The Irish Times and a Leverhulme Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. His awards include the Northern Writers' Award, the Resurgence Prize, and an Eric Gregory Award. His debut book of poetry is <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/tongues-of-fire-9781787332263/9781787332263" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tongues of Fire</a>.Find the transcript for this show at <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/sean-hewitt-suibhne-is-wounded-and-confesses/#transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">onbeing.org</a>.

Seán Hewitt — Suibhne is wounded, and confesses