Poet Rita Ann Higgins bears witness to a moment in Irish life unlike any seen in a century: the Covid-19 crisis. Many of these pandemic poems, broadcast on Brendan O’Connor’s RTÉ Radio 1 show, were composed weekly in direct response to the emerging crisis.

Gathers together articles from Higgins' Sunday Independent `This Woman's Life' column, and other select essays and poems, many of whichy are previously unpublished.