LAUNCH | Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic

Join Unsinkable editors Margo Taft Stever, Sandra Yannone, and Susana H. Case, along with international contributors from the first-of-its-kind Titanic poetry anthology for a dynamic reading and book signing. Special guest award-winning Irish poet Caitríona Lane will read her commissioned poem that will be featured at the annual memorial service in Lahardane, Co. Mayo, the site where the Addergoole Fourteen departed from in 1912.

All are welcome to attend.

Attendance is free but booking is essential.

PRAISE FOR UNSINKABLE

“The story of the Titanic is one we think we all know-one of hubris, of ‘human conceit brought down by nature.’ … And after more than a century, it still exercises a potent pull on the collective imagination. In the remarkable anthology that is Unsinkable, we have poems that explore industrial and maritime history; contemporary reportage and oral accounts; and a world undergoing seismic political change. But these poems transcend their source material to bring the reader into realms of elegy, fairy tale, myth and pure lyricism” - Liam Carson, author of Belfast Twilight

“What is Titanic? A ship? A colossal disaster? An example of human hubris? A deep-sea habitat? An ephemeral space that held musicians, pets, travelers, dreamers, crew, tableware, pianos and t-strap shoes? More than all of that. This anthology brings together a diverse array of poets who have found the Titanic and all its ephemera sailing into their work” - Elizabeth Bradfield, author of SOFAR: Poems and Toward Antarctica