'I speak the language. I know how to be a woman here': Speaking the Language with Medbh McGuckian

Abstract

Irish studies scholar Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem and Irish poet Mary O'Malley Madec met with Medbh McGuckian in June of 2018. Their conversation, lasting the better part of a day, covered a vast array of subject matter. This piece transcribes much of that dialogue, including audio clips for poems they read together that day.