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Layla O'Mara's avatar

Thanks for the kind mention Annie. Sinead’s work is a huge inspiration for me so a real pleasure to be mentioned here. Really interesting interview 🙏🏽

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Sinéad Gleeson's avatar

Thank you Layla. That Cixous quote about writing the body is one of the epigraphs in Constellations. It's so striking.

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Layla O'Mara's avatar

I’ve read Constellations twice, but just read Cixous’s essay recently and didn’t make that connection, I must grab my copy and look again. Makes perfect sense they would be there. Such striking words as you say. x

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Ali Isaac's avatar

Reading Constellations was quite a life-changing experience for me, to see the body expressed on the page in all its failings and wonder. At the time, I was just beginning to write my own memoir, also on the female body, but as a mother observing the impact of her daughter's disability on both our lives, whilst also navigating the changes of middle age. It was inspirational to see how such topics could be so moving, expressed with such poetry and honesty, and make for riveting unputdownable reading. I'd like to thank Sinéad for that. 💕

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Annie Macmanus's avatar

I hope she saw this @sineadgleeson - thanks for your comment Ali - Constellations should be on the curriculum

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Ali Isaac's avatar

It was my lecturer, Oona Frawley, who pointed me to Sinéad's writing; an extract from Constellations had been published online before the book came out. I sat and read it in the campus canteen and it gave me shivers. So not exactly on curriculum... yet! But agreed. It should be.

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Sinéad Gleeson's avatar

Thank you so much Ali.

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Stacey Grant-Canham's avatar

Adore Sinéad, what a brilliant interview to savour.

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Kelly Hargie's avatar

This is a gorgeous and very moving interview. As someone writing a memoir about body and belonging I found it so relatable and inspiring. Delighted also that Hagstone has just arrived in my local library and am off to collect it later today! Thank you both.

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CMAT's avatar

my two favourite women tbh !!!

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Annie Macmanus's avatar

😘😘😘

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Sinéad Gleeson's avatar

As are both of you!

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Kerri ní Dochartaigh's avatar

Lush lush lush interview right here 🩵

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Sinéad Gleeson's avatar

Thank you for asking me. x

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