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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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Notes on Craft
Caoilinn Hughes
‘I like to feel contradicted and conflicted by characters.’
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
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
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
When Poets Write Novels
Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes on the ten best novels written by poets.
Fiction | The Online Edition
Prime
Caoilinn Hughes
‘Miss Lynch teaches us such things. Things that are difficult to know.’