Literature

Irish Arts Center Poem of the Week: "All Alcoholics Are Charmers"

Emma Dabiri reads Martina Evans

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Writer and broadcaster Emma Dabiri read Martina Evans' "Cows" at our PoetryFest Favorite Irish Poems event last November, but when she also submitted a reading of Evans' simmering, captivating "All Alcoholics Are Charmers," we knew we had to share it as well. Enjoy.

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The Irish Arts Center Poem of the Week is a video series of select footage of artists reciting favorite verses and poets sharing their own work, presented with the readers’ reflections on the featured pieces.

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