Galway Review 8 - April 2020

time. However, the day came when she realised the only cure
for the torture of wanting to write – was to write. Her first
contribution was published in 1972 to be followed by many
more reflecting her views on relevant subjects of the day, in
the Evening and the Morning editions of the Irish
Press. Short Stories came later. When the chance to become
a mature (University) student presented itself, Anna grasped
the opportunity. In 2007 she emerged from NUIG with an
honours BA (English, Archaeology, Sociology/Politics and
Philosophy, followed by an M Litt. in Feminist Philosophy.
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Ian Watson was born in Belfast but has now spent most of
his life in Bremen, Northern Germany, where he worked as a
senior lecturer in Creative Writing and British and Irish
Literature and Cultural History. His recent publications
include three German books of poetry and short prose:
Kurzpassspiel (Bremen 2012), Spielfelder: eine
Fußballmigration (Bremen 2016) and Bremen erlesen
(Bremen 2018), as well as two English poetry collections:
Riverbank City: A Bremen Canvas (Hamburg 2013) and
Granny’s Interpreter (Salmon Poetry 2016).
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Jesse Mavro Diamond ‘s poetry has been published in
many journals in The U.S. Her awards include first place in
Eidos magazine’s international poetry competition for “A
Very Sober Story,” The Tennessee Williams Literary
Festival’s “One of Ten Best Poems in the U.S.” for
“Swimming The Hellespont. She was a finalist for 2014
Lascaux Poetry Prize and included in The Lascaux Prize
Anthology 2014 for “Chetwynd Morning.” “An Elegy for
Devron,” was musically scored by composer Mu Xuan Lin
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