Item 1590 - Letters from Moya Cannon

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UGA P71/13/1/1590

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Letters from Moya Cannon

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  • 30/03/2005

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1 file, 4 pp

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MS letter from poet Moya Cannon to John McGahern, sending comments on having read McGahern's "Memoir" and also asking follow up question from when John read in Galway and regarding the use of the word "whooshin". Cannon adds comments on ethnicity and use of the word in Irish history. She also encloses comments on essayist John Berger. Included in a TS poem by Cannon, signed and sent to McGahern.
Also a card written in thanks to McGahern for his time in speaking with Cannon's students.

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      22/04/2022
      14/07/2025

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