Lowering the heart rate

Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehension reading Ulysses, and feeling the ‘pang of loss’ when a piece of writing is finished.

The A Mind at Work series is a set of bitesize interviews conducted by MoLI with Irish writers about their influences and writing habits. The interviews are featured on the top floor of MoLI’s exhibition, where we encourage visitors to put pencil to paper themselves.