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For me there's nothing better than a poem by Paula Meehan unless it's an opportunity to hear her read. In Ireland. In a loft room above Bewley's Cafe. To experience live, the power and passion of her words. To watch the audience react, talk back, and cheer.

I shelve my copies of Paula's books between Theo Dorgan and Akhmatova. The perfect banquet, I think.

* Listen to this extraodinary three-part documentary created by Elaine Crowley and get to know Paula. Play it when you have a moment of solitude. http://www.vimeo.com/7539391

* Read this special issue about Paula's work in An Sionnach edited by the scholar, Jody Allen Randolph.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/an_sionnach/v005/5.1.randolph01.html

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/an_sionnach/v005/5.1.randolph.html

* Visit Paula's website at www.paulameehan.com.

* Buy one of her books, especially her latest, PAINTING RAIN, from Wake Forest University Press. 

http://www.wfu.edu/wfupress/catalog.php?p=productsMore&iProduct=108&sName=Paula-Meehan--Painting-Rain-(paperback)