This book offers fresh critical interpretation of two of the central tenets of Irish culture -
migration and memory. From its starting point with the 'New Irish' generation of poets in the
United States during the 1980s and concluding with the technological innovations of
21st-century poetry this study spans continents generations genders and sexualities to
reconsider the role of memory and of migration in the work of a range of contemporary Irish
poets. Combining sensitive close readings and textual analysis with thorough theoretical
application it sets out the formal thematic socio-cultural and literary contexts of
migration as an essential aspect of Irish literature. This book is essential reading for
literary critics academics cultural commentators and students with an interest in
contemporary poetry Irish studies diaspora studies and memory studies.
