Absinthe & Absence by Jackie Hudson Lalor

Absinthe & Absence by Jackie Hudson LalorAbsinthe & Absence is an expansive survey of work, including painting, print and sculpture. This work ruptures from the core of Irish feminism. Utilising mythology and biography, it evades processes of time, generating a concentrated capsule for contemplation. Following the thread of absinthe green woven throughout, the work highlights numbed pain created by an absence of representation. It makes visible that which we typically seek to hide from; the

On Connection came to me when I needed it most

(Text taken from the publishers Penguin/ Random House)

be a more important work of fiction published this year

Hurston casts Herod as a forerunner of Christ

'A little Atwood

The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar

I loved it' Caroline Lea

On her quest to discovering lesbian role models from the past

stripy tie

married young novelist who's just arrived on campus

Naoise Dolan

The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective