Poetic Persona (2): Seamus Heaney

Dennis O'Driscoll's book, Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, was published recently. A fascinating interview can be read here. I was particularly struck by Heaney's comment about poetry and the path of a tank.

• Heaney and Walcott and their production of one of the Theban plays, Antigone by Sophocles.
• Egyptian Secrets: Meresamun, a singer priestess from Thebes (The Guardian).