Politics

A Northern 'Turn'?
Edna Longley 1
Northern Ireland: A Manageable Conflict?
Padraig O'Malley 14
The Conflict between Noraid and the Friends of Irish Freedom
Andrew J. Wilson 40
Northern Ireland's Future as a European Region
Richard Kearney and Robin Wilson 5
Northern Ireland and Irish Nationalism - A Unionist Perspective
Patrick J. Roche 70

Culture

A Peculiar Eclipse: E. Estyn Evans and Irish Studies
Virginia Crossman and Dympna McLoughlin 79
'Cultural Traditions' and Political Ambiguity
Richard English 97

Poetry

Three Poems
Medbh McGuckian 107
Stone Hand
Ciaran Carson 110
Two Poems
Michael Longley 112
A Cloud House
Carol Rumens 113

Reviews

COLIN GRAHAM
Edward W. Said: Culture and Imperialism
David Lloyd: Anomalous States: Irish Writing and the Post-Colonial Moment 117

TOM GARVIN
Andy Pollak (ed.): A Citizens' Inquiry: The Opsahl Report on Northern Ireland 123

DAVID WHEATLEY
Michael Hulse, David Kennedy, David Morley: The New Poetry 125

LEON LITVAK
Gerardine Meaney: (Un)like Subjects: Women, Theory, Fiction 129

ANNE ULRY COLMAN
Ann Owens Weekes: Unveiling Treasures: The Attic Guide to the Published Works of Irish Women Literary Writers 131

DAMIAN SMYTH
Dermot Bolger (ed.): The Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction
Dermot Bolger: Emily's Shoes
Emma Donoghue: Stir-fry
Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy
Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Ronan Bennett: Overthrown by Strangers 134

EVE PATTEN
Eibhear Walshe (ed.): Ordinary People Dancing: Essays on Kate O'Brien
W.J. McCormack: Dissolute Characters: Irish Literary History through Balzac, Sheridan le Fanu, Yeats and Bowen 142

HARRY WHITE
Hugh Shields: Narrative Singing in Ireland, Lays, Ballads, Come-All-Yes and Other Songs 145

PATRICK RAMSEY
Gabriel Fitzmaurice (ed.): Other Voices: Irish Poetry Now
Gerald Dawe (ed.): The New Younger Irish Poets
Krino 14 148