Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987

Frost isn’t exactly despised but not enough people have worked out what a brilliant poet he was.

Of course, you can't legislate for how people are going to read.

I do a lot of readings.