Essays

Heather Clarke - The Ulster Renaissance (an excerpt)

Heather Clarke 2-pages-1-page-001.jpg

Heather Clarke discusses the early years of the Honest Ulsterman

“another bizarre joke”: E.A. Markham’s Honest Ulsterman Poems, 1976-1978

E A Markham essay-page-001.jpg

Ellen Howley explores E. A Markham's Honest Ulsterman poems 1976-78.
This essay is funded by The Foyle Foundation.

On Littleness and Value

on littleness and value, Susanna Galbraith, June 2023-page-001.jpg

Susanna Galbraith explores the concept of 'littleness' in relation to literary magazines.
This essay is funded by The Foyle Foundation.

Little Beginnings by George McWhirter

Little beginnings-page-001.jpg

George McWhirter takes a subjective and personal look at his experience of little magazines at home and abroad. The latest of our Foyle Foundation…

Everyman - How Everyman was born in Benburb by Michael J. Farrell

Everyman-page-001.jpg

Originally published in the October 2018 The Honest Ulsterman issue: https://humag.co/features/everyman

Little Magazines from Bombay and Transnational Reading Networks (1960-1980)

Transnational Reading Networks and Little Magazines from Bombay -page-001.jpg

Dr Tapasya Narang discusses international connections in little literary magazines in Bombay in the mid/late 20th Century.
This essay is funded by…

John McGahern, Ian Hamilton and the New Review - by Frank Shovlin

John McGahern and the New Review with image and bio-page-001.jpg

Frank Shovlin discusses John McGahern and his relationship with the New Review.
This essay is funded by The Foyle Foundation.