Thomas McCarthy

Thomas McCarthy was born in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1954. He worked at Cork City Library for many years. Carcanet published his most recent collection, Prophecy, in 2019. His Pandemonium (Carcanet, 2016) was short-listed for the Irish Times/Poetry Now Award.

Thomas McCarthy's work featured in PN Review comprises four contributions of poetry and one article, over a period of 10 years. Also available are five reviews of Thomas McCarthy's work.

Further Reading

Poetry in PN Review 227 (2016) ‘Largesse’ and other poems
Poetry in PN Review 236 (2017) Four Poems
Poetry in PN Review 258 (2021) Two Poems
Poetry in PN Review 271 (2023) Edith Sitwell’s Jacket
Reviewed by Ian McMillan in PN Review 29 (1983) David Sutton, J. P. Ward, Anthony Cronin, Thomas McCarthy, Emyr Humphreys, James Sutherland-Smith, Ken Smith
Reviewed by C.B. McCully in PN Review 51 (1986) on Peter Levi, Gavin Ewart, Peter Reading, Michael Hulse, Thomas McCarthy, U A Fanthorpe, William Scammell
Reviewed by James Sutherland-Smith in PN Review 119 (1998) on Thomas McCarthy, Gillian Allnutt, Iain Bamforth
Reviewed by Michael Duggan in PN Review 134 (2000) on Dennis O'Driscoll and Thomas McCarthy
Reviewed by John McAuliffe in PN Review 193 (2010) on Brendan Kennelly, Paula Meehan, Mary Montague and Thomas McCarthy
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