These essays in the language, literature and history of the broadly?speaking Celtic world range widely over time and space and subject?matter. Subjects include the design of autobiographies in the early?years of the Irish republic, the publishing scandal around "Youth is my?Sin" by John Rowlands, the poetry of Francis Ledwidge, Gabriel Rosenstock?and Sean Ó Ríordáin, "Sheepshagger" by Niall Griffiths, the Irish language?in science fiction, medieval Welsh law, and Pádraig Ó Cíobháin’s?landmark?novel, "The Brightness Out There."

Aleksander Bednarski is a lecturer in the Department of Celtic Studies at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He has published on the work of Niall Griffiths, Gwyneth Lewis, Jerry Hunter and Lloyd Jones. Robert Looby is a lecturer in the Department of Celtic Studies at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He has written extensively on translation and censorship.