{"product_id":"magnum-mysterium-paperback","title":"Magnum Mysterium - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie O'Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagnum Mysterium\u003c\/i\u003e is Irish American poet Julie O'Callaghan's first collection since\u003ci\u003e Tell Me This Is Normal: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Her new poems have evolved from the early monologues - written in American demotic - to poems of heartache on the death of her husband, the poet Dennis O'Driscoll. But even in these harrowing poems she never loses her ear for the absurdities of modern life - including the grieving process where she can \"see\" her husband alive and doing what he loves. In \u003ci\u003eMagnum Mysterium\u003c\/i\u003e Julie O'Callaghan has continued writing poems which 'seem effortless and are immediately accessible and achieve great emotional weight by the lightest of means' (Michael Hartnett Award citation)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Chicago in 1954, Julie O'Callaghan has lived in Ireland since 1974. Her collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eEdible Anecdotes\u003c\/i\u003e (Dolmen Press, 1983), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; \u003ci\u003eWhat's What\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 1991), a Poetry Book Society Choice; \u003ci\u003eNo Can Do\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2000), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; \u003ci\u003eTell Me This Is Normal: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; and \u003ci\u003eMagnum Mysterium\u003c\/i\u003e, is published by Bloodaxe in 2020. Her books of poetry for older children include \u003ci\u003eTaking My Pen for a Walk\u003c\/i\u003e (Orchard Books, 1988), \u003ci\u003eTwo Barks\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 1998) and\u003ci\u003e The Book of Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber \u0026amp; Faber, 2006). She has received the Michael Hartnett Award for poetry and is a member of the Irish academy of arts, Aosdána.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729839460415,"sku":"9781780375144","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6633937af2daab06ef8270d94dc8b26e.webp?v=1765123797","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/magnum-mysterium-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}