by Orna Ross | May 17, 2021 | FICTION |
I'm interested in these thoughts of Declan Foley, Secretary of The Yeats Society of Victoria, Australia, and a native of Sligo on the proposal by Sligo county council to establish a Yeats Interpretive Centre there. “Slowly but surely is the appropriate manner to...
by Orna Ross | May 14, 2021 | FICTION |
Willie Yeats was not the only poet to be attracted to Iseult Gonne. His young secretary, Ezra Pound, though married, also set about winning her favour and in the same way–through their shared love of books and writing. This is another extract from my work in...
by Orna Ross | May 13, 2021 | FICTION |
A community group led by Irish poet Cahal Dallat, The WB Yeats Bedford Park Project, has commissioned a sculpture inspired by Yeats. It will be installed near the home he lived in with his parents, two sisters and brother, as a child—the background for lots of the...
by Orna Ross | May 7, 2021 | FICTION |
This is a snippet from my current work in progress, Dancing in the Wind. This section centers on the friendship between Iseult Gonne and the poet, editor and mentor, Ezra Pound. CLICK THE “SIGN UP” BUTTON to become a fiction patron and help shape this...
by Orna Ross | Apr 30, 2021 | FICTION |
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by Orna Ross | Mar 12, 2021 | FICTION |
To receive exclusive extracts from this story and give feedback on where it should go next, join my reader patrons here. (from just $2 a month) Dancing in the Wind: The Story So Far The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just...