Suddenly the border seems the whip-smart, funny and sophisticated breeding ground its inhabitants always knew it was. The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) There’s me at the Brexit negotiations. In her poem North and South, the border is a “barely controllable thing / to be wrestled”. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesOf course, not all writers from the border are as keen to have the border defined by conflict. The threat of violence in the north of Ireland is real, ever-present and weighted with the baggage of colonial misadventure.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 04:52 UTC