Authors: Desmond Hogan
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the following for permission to reproduce:
âBlow-Ball' and âFoils'(
The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea
[Hamish Hamilton 1979])
âTeddyboys', âThe Last Time', âAfternoon', âThe Man from Korea', âEmbassy', âJimmy', âThe Sojourner', âThe Mourning Thief', âPortrait of a Dancer', âMemories of Swinging London', âA Marriage in the Country', âTies', âPlayers', âElysium', âThe Vicar's Wife', âMiles', âMartyrs', âThe Airedale' and âLebanon Lodge'(
A Link with the River
[Farrar Straus 1989])
âThe Hedgehog'(
The Honest Ulsterman
, ed. Frank Ormsby, 1972)
âBarnacle Geese'(
The London Magazine
, ed. Sebastian Barker, 2004; and Southword:
The Journal of the Munster Literature Centre
, ed. Philip McCann, 2004)
âChintz' and âThe Match'(
Southword: The Journal of the Munster Literature Centre
, ed. Patrick Galvin, 2002)
âThe Bon Bon'(
The Dubliner
, ed. Trevor White, 2005)
âWinter Swimmers'
(New Writing II
, eds Andrew O'Hagan and Colm TóibÃn [Picador, The British Council 2002])
âCaravans'(
Southword: The Journal of the Munster Literature Centre
, ed. Patrick Cotter, 2003)
âWedding at Gallog'(
Cyphers
, eds Leland Bardwell, Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin, Pearse Hutchinson, MacDara Woods, 2004, in which some of the drawings also appeared)
âRose of Lebanon'(
West47
online, Galway Arts Centre, 2003; and
American Short Fiction
, ed. Rebecca Bengal, 2006)
âPatterns'(
West47
online, Galway Arts Centre, 2004; and
Cúirt Annual
, ed. Mike McCormack, series ed. Maura Kennedy, 2005)
âVictoria'(
West47
online, Galway Arts Centre, 2003)
âPictures'
(Element, âwriting the everyday'
, ed. Mari-Aymone Djeribi, Mermaid Turbulence, 2005; and New Dubliners, ed. Oona Frawley[New Island 2005])
âLarks' Eggs'(
The Irish Times
, ed. Caroline Walsh, 2005)
First published 2005 by
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Text and drawings copyright © Desmond Hogan 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher.
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The Lilliput Press receives financial assistance from An Chomhairle EalaÃon / The Arts Council of Ireland.
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