in it’s short life to date Gorse has emerged as among the most vital and outward-looking of Irish literary journals. It manages to partake in a truly European artistic tradition while maintaining a distinctively Irish flavour. I’ve really been enjoying issue 2 which features fine essays by Susan Tomaselli and Catherine O’Sullivan, fiction by Rob Doyle and Jonathan Gibbs, extraordinarily ambitious poetry by Enemies-comrades Steven Fowler and Christodoulos Makris, as well as a host of other literary nutrients. A subscription is highly recommended
Billy Ramsell | Poet 