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A lesson in Can't by Celia de Fréine
Celia de Fréine is a poet and playwright who writes in Irish and English. Her poetry has won many awards including the Patrick Kavanagh Award(1994) and Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta (2004). A lesson in Can't is her eighth collection. celiadefreine.com
Inspired by the time Celia spent working with Travellers A lesson in Can't tells the story of a teacher's engagement with her students, beginning with her arrival in the classroom and ending when she moves on. The poems tell a story we haven't heard before, about a sustained productive engagement between a literacy teacher and her students during which a genuine relationship develops over time, where real work is done, and with a purpose. It is a space where two worlds engage with each other, with varying degrees of success and sometimes hilarious bursts of mutual misunderstanding. Theory, explication, judgement are all absent.
Read Lia Mills' article on Celia de Fréine in the Dublin Review of Books
See also www.celiadefreine.com
A lesson in Can't
ISBN 9780-9560966-8-5, price €12.00
Available for Kindle (price €4.99) from Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
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