Gerald Dawe taught literature and drama for forty years in universities in Ireland and the US. He is Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin. He has published over twenty books of poetry and non-fiction since his first collection Sheltering Places appeared in 1978. He lives in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.

Contents: Precarious Refuges: Sean O'Casey - In the Mind's Eye: W. B. Yeats - Self- Portraits: Patrick Kavanagh - The Cage: John Montague - Dreaming of Home: Derek Mahon - Our Words: Colette Bryce - Without a City Wall: Gail McConnell.