Peppercanister Press was a small press in

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founded by

Thomas Kinsella Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. Born outside Dublin, Kinsella attended University College Dublin before entering the civil service. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s ...

to publish his own poetry. In later years, the series began to be published by

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Publications

First series

* Peppercanister 1, Butcher's Dozen (1972) : printed shortly after the

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* Peppercanister 2, A Selected Life (1972) : in memoriam

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* Peppercanister 3, Vertical Man (1973) : a sequel to Peppercanister 2 * Peppercanister 4, The Good Fight (1973) : noting the anniversary of

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The first series was collected into the book ''Fifteen Dead'' (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979)Kinsella, Thomas. “ Visiting Hour”

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, vol. 17, no. 1, 1991, pp. 103–105. Accessed Dec 7, 2016.

Second series

* Peppercanister 5, One (1974) : continuing themes from his book ''Notes from the Land of the Dead''; includes illustrations by

Anne Yeats Anne Butler Yeats (26 February 1919 – 4 July 2001) was an Irish painter, costume and stage designer. Early and family life She was the daughter of the poet William Butler Yeats and Georgie Hyde-Lees, a niece of the painter Jack B. Yeat ...

* Peppercanister 6, A Technical Supplement (1976) : includes details of illustrations from

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'' * Peppercanister 7, Song of the Night and Other Poems (1976) The second series was collected into the book ''One and Other Poems'' (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979)
The first and second series were collected into the book ''Peppercanister Poems 1972-1978'' (

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, 1979)

Third series

* Peppercanister 8, The Messenger (1985) * Peppercanister 9, Songs of the Psyche (1985) * Peppercanister 10, Her Vertical Smile (1985) : These three were published simultaneously. * Peppercanister 11, Out of Ireland * Peppercanister 12, St. Catherine's Clock : These two were later collected as ''Blood and Family'' (

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, 1988)

Later publications

* Peppercanister 13, * Peppercanister 14, * Peppercanister 15, * Peppercanister 16, "Madonna" and Other Poems (1995) * Peppercanister 17, "Open Court" (1991) * Peppercanister 18, The Pen Shop * Peppercanister 19, * Peppercanister 20, The Familiar (1999) * Peppercanister 21, Godhead (1999) * Peppercanister 22, Citizen of the WorldKinsella: The Peppercanister Poems

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. Accessed Dec 7, 2016. * Peppercanister 23, Littlebody * Peppercanister 24, Marginal Economy * Peppercanister 25, Readings in Poetry :Kinsella discusses works by

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and T. S. Eliot * Peppercanister 26, Man of War Dedalus Press
/ref> * Peppercanister 27, Belief and Unbelief (2007) * Peppercanister 28, Fat Master (2011) * Peppercanister 29, Love Joy Peace (2011) :24, 26-29 collected as ''Late Poems'' (Carcanet Press, 2013)

Other collections

*''Thomas Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems'' ( University College Dublin Press, 2001)

References

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