Seamus Heaney, “Blackberry-Picking.”  Today we consider a lyric poem from Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney’s first collection (1966).  In “Blackberry-Picking” Heaney recounts a memory from his childhood, or perhaps from the beginning of his childhood’s end. ---------- We started recording episodes about a year ago and are just now releasing them. We have a handful more of them to publish before we catch up. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! If you have questions for Dr. Anderson, please email us at [email protected].  We'd love to hear from you.