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Caoilinn Hughes

Caoilinn Hughes’s first novel Orchid & the Wasp won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize. Her poetry collection Gathering Evidence won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award. Her short fiction has been awarded the Moth Short Story Prize and an O. Henry Award. The Wild Laughter, her second novel, is out now.

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Fiction | Issue 153

Fiction | Issue 153

Creep

Caoilinn Hughes

‘She hadn’t been skiing since her master’s in Iceland, back when glaciers had some heft to them, though slackened and fast-diminishing as the legs of a retired cyclist.’

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Notes on Craft

Caoilinn Hughes

‘I like to feel contradicted and conflicted by characters.’

Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

A Woman of No Information

Caoilinn Hughes

‘Maud tries to understand how her role is being rewritten on the spot – who the woman might be.’

Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

My Biggest Insecurity About the Garden

Caoilinn Hughes

‘Pathos is suffering. But is it suffering to realize a dream, however puny?’ New fiction by Caoilinn Hughes.

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Best Book of 2005: Zadie Smith’s On Beauty

Caoilinn Hughes

Caoilinn Hughes on why Zadie Smith’s On Beauty is the best book of 2005

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

When Poets Write Novels

Caoilinn Hughes

Caoilinn Hughes on the ten best novels written by poets.

Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

Prime

Caoilinn Hughes

‘Miss Lynch teaches us such things. Things that are difficult to know.’