Matt McGuire
was born in Belfast and teaches literature at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on both Scottish and Irish literature. The Essential Guide to Contemporary Scottish Literature which will be published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2008.
Eurozine Articles
Literary perspectives: Northern Ireland
Shaking the hand of history
While the Northern Irish literary tradition is closely bound up with the experience of sectarian violence, contemporary Northern Irish poets and prose writers defy the assumption that "the troubles" are all there is to the country's literature. [German version added] [more]





