Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
John McGahern / by Eileen Kennedy -- Jennifer Johnston / by Michael Kenneally -- John Montague / by Kevin T. McEneaney -- William Trevor / by Jacqueline Stahl Aronson -- Michael Longley / by Dillon Johnson -- John Banville / by Rüdiger Imhof -- Benedict Kiely / by Jennifer Clarke -- Paul Muldoon / by Kevin Barry -- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill / Lucy McDiarmid and Michael J. Durkan -- Tom Paulin / by Eamonn Hughes -- Brendan Kennelly / by Richard Pine -- Hugh Leonard / by S.F. Gallagher -- Medbh McGuckian / by Kathleen McCracken -- Eavan Boland / by Nancy Means Wright and Dennis J. Hannan -- Derek Mahon / by James J. Murphy, Lucy McDiarmid, and Michael J. Durkan -- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin / by Deborah Hunter McWilliams