Paula Meehan reads her poems and talks of her Irish childhood

Irish poet and playwright Paula Meehan speaks with poet Michael Collier about her inner city Dublin childhood, her education, her poetry and her work in women's prisons. Meehan reads "My Father Perceived as a Vision of St. Francis," "The Ghost of my Mother Comforts Me," and "Dharmakaya." Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's poet laureate, says: "Paula Meehan is that rare and precious thing, a vocational poet of courage and integrity." Collier and Meehan talk about the change in her poetry in her then-newest book, "Pillow Talk."
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