Professor of Forgetting

<i>The Professor of Forgetting</i> a new collection from the acclaimed Irish poet Greg Delanty swings back and forth on the fulcrum of what we call now and confronts our notion of how time passes. From the very first poem Going Nowhere Fast which ponders whether we are now here or going nowhere to the final selection from which the book takes its self-reflective title these exuberant poems chronicle what it means to be human with joy pathos honesty despair sorrow celebration and wit. Structurally diverse in form the poems also explore a range of poignant topics including childhood family love racism the natural world immigration and the unavoidability of death. Often humorous Delanty's poetry finds ways of coping with the challenges of life as it makes lasting art out of heartbreaking difficulty and experience.