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Sat 06 Jun 2007Dreams and diversityAnthologyAppropriately, Facing White begins with a quotation from Oscar Wilde: "I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world . . . His punishment . . . And his reward". Trinity College's M. Phil in Creative Writing is currently in its 10th year, and the college's pedigree ensures that only the best in national and international talent apply for the course. The 14 students whose work makes up this volume have spent the last three terms studying in Wilde's birthplace on Westland Row - now the Oscar Wilde Centre - and have clearly taken Wilde's words to heart.