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Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

Immaculate, Erotic and Quintessentially Modern: On Edna O’Brien’s <em

Night">Immaculate, Erotic and Quintessentially Modern: On Edna O’Brien’s Night

Jane Alison In Praise of a Little-Known Novel From Ireland’s Foremost Chronicler of the Feminine Experience

By Jane Alison | June 17, 2025

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

From the Introduction to “44 Poems on Being with Each Other”

By Pádraig Ó' Tuama | February 6, 2025

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

By Jan Carson | July 10, 2024

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

Kristopher Jansma on the Special Magic of Reading “Ulysses”

By Kristopher Jansma | June 14, 2024

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By Jane Ciabattari | December 19, 2023

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The Island Child

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 31, 2020

On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

Lucy Caldwell Reflects on What We Mean By a National Literature

By Lucy Caldwell | June 21, 2019

8 Recommended Debuts by Irish Women Writers

8 Recommended Debuts by Irish Women Writers

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By Anne Griffin | March 15, 2019

Sally Rooney Wants to Start the Revolution

Sally Rooney Wants to Start the Revolution

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By Yen Pham | December 7, 2017

Adrian McKinty Tries to Get Some Writing Done in Kafka's Old Office

Adrian McKinty Tries to Get Some Writing Done in Kafka's Old Office

On Literary Osmosis and the Perils of Trying to Write in Famous Places

By Adrian McKinty | November 21, 2017

PoetryFest Presents Work by Jericho Brown, Fanny Howe, and Jana Prikryl

PoetryFest Presents Work by Jericho Brown, Fanny Howe, and Jana Prikryl

Preview the Irish Arts Center's 8th Annual Celebration of Poetry

By Literary Hub | November 4, 2016

The Wonder

The Wonder

Emma Donoghue

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 26, 2016

The Lesser Bohemians

The Lesser Bohemians

Eimear McBride

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 20, 2016