It’s my first time participating in Reading Ireland Month, run each March by Cathy of 746 Books and Niall of The Fluff is Raging… 852 more words
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Edna O'Brien--"Old Wounds" (New Yorker, June 8 & 15, 2009)
SOUNDTRACK: MAX RICHTER-“Dream 3 (In The Midst Of My Life)” from Sleep– NPR’S SOUTH X LULLABY (March 17, 2018).
This piece is remarkable. And the except provided here (all 8 minutes of it) is but a teeny fraction of the entire 8 hour work. 521 more words

Friday Reads: Irish Women Writers
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow, and all things Irish, let’s have a look at a few books by Irish women.

Lit Tuesday: Edna O'Brien
Now that we are solidly into March, I thought I’d take this month to attempt to do some research on a certain country and region. There are many things that come to mind when I think about March and what I associate with it, but Ireland is at the top of the pack. 495 more words
‘The Creature’ by Edna O’Brien
“She was always referred to as The Creature by the townspeople, the dressmaker for whom she did buttonholing, the sacristan, who used to search for her in the pews on the dark winter evenings before locking up, and even the little girl Sally, for whom she wrote out the words of a famine song.” Look, I’m sorry about this. 79 more words
LGBT Cultural Pioneer Edmund White and Irish Novelist Edna O'Brien to be Honored for Lifetime Achievement
PEN America announced last week that it will honor author and LGBT cultural pioneer Edmund White with the annual PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. 711 more words