Tastemaker

‘My favourite achievement? Staying curious, loving the world, not despairing’ – Paula Meehan, poet

The former Ireland Professor of Poetry on her dream dinner party guests, the relevance of James Joyce to her life and work, and her motto for life

Paula Meehan has published several award-winning collections of poetry, and her new collection For the Hungry Ghost is inspired by the Hades episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses