Tom Paulin
Tom Paulin
Thomas Neilson Paulinis a Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature. He lives in England, where he is the GM Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 January 1949
CountryIreland
lying racism challenges
Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.
apology historical moved
I am not very moved by historical apologies.
class creative lines
A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.
thinking historical consciousness
I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.