_______ UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT ON IRISH WRITER, A.E. On Monday evening, 7 P.M., September 19th, 2005, at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave @ 34th St.,...
Maureen E Mulvihill
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Sep 13, 2005 4:56 am
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Hi! Thought I would let you know about new online literary Magazine: "The Expatriate Literary Circle" - with Hemingway theme and book of the month. They also...
things are pretty quiet here, people... despite a cluster of new members over the last month or so. anyone care to ask some questions, share ideas etc? new ...
Okay, Group, has anyone read a good biography on an Irish author anytime lately. Last for me was "Yeats." Then "Synge. Have the Irish finally run out of things...
Hello, As an attempt to liven things up, might I ask if anyone has read John Banville's new novel, The Sea? The coverage of his Man Booker win has been mixed....
Theresa Kishkan
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Oct 15, 2005 2:12 am
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it HAS been so quiet that i had quite forgotten i subscribed many months ago...anyway....My name is Darla, i live in Missouri, USA, but my heart has been in...
Darla, ... You could try 'A Star Called Henry' by Roddy Doyle, though I'd be very interested in peoples' opinions of the sequel, 'Oh, Play That Thing'. The...
Hi Theresa et al, The Sea is classic Banville - stylish, polished, beautifully written, heavy on ideas, light on plot. Very very good. But Aidan Higgins...
Neil Murphy
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Oct 15, 2005 8:18 am
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a chairde, Incidentally, if any of the lot of you would ever be interested in doing a review for OxBlog, we're keen to do a bit more in contemporary Irish and...
I have it on my Christmas list (the list that tells me to buy it for myself!!) looking forward to reading it, its great to see another Irish writer being...
Larry Bowe Consulting
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Oct 15, 2005 2:31 pm
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Hello, I'm Simon Fielding, based in Gloucestershire, UK. I teach English Literature A level at an FE college, and I'm just completing a part time PhD with...
Hi Theresa, I haven't read The Sea yet, but I think Banville is a peerless stylist. I think the was at his peak with The Untouchable, where the combining of...
Have you read "No Laughing Matter": The Life & Times of Flann O'Brien, by Anthony Cronin? Its not new, late 1980's, it is, to my knowledge, the only bio on...
Larry Bowe Consulting
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Oct 16, 2005 2:06 am
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Hello I am new to this list and I see people are introducing themselves. I'm Jonathan, I teach in the states and am editing the selected letters of MacNeice. I...
Jonathan Allison
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Oct 16, 2005 2:08 am
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...to wake this morning to such a great discussion of Banville and beyond. Yes, the Prague book is very fine. And like Larry (I think you are the Larry in...
Theresa Kishkan
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Oct 16, 2005 2:09 am
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Hi, A couple of things I've noticed that might interest you from the Guardian today Renaissance for the nationality that dared not speak its name The plaudits...
Regarding Flann O'Brien - how about the following for a strange turn of events: "Hit Television Show Lost to Feature The Third Policeman" ...
Neil Murphy
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Oct 16, 2005 1:25 pm
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I haven't read it, but the rehabilitation of the history of WW1 in Eire is a fascinating topic. I well remember the very resonant unveiling of the Messines...
Thanks! I had no idea there's a John Hewitt society! Will investigate. And I think that article must be the first time Nick Park and Harold Pinter have been...
Sorry the message I posted yesterday using the "beta rich text editor" for some reason has been altered and because of this the link to Guardian story is...
Yes..... Its one of those "Believe it of Not" facts, Tom Barry, one of the greatest guerrilla fighters of all times, took the Kings Shilling, and fought as...
Larry Bowe Consulting
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Oct 16, 2005 3:00 pm
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If any member of this group happens to live in Paris (as I do), I should be glad to hear from him or her. David Rose...
Hi there. My name is Jennifer and I'm intriguied with anything Irish, but I've never been to Ireland, though I would love to do that really soon, and I hvnt...
Hi Theresa! Yes, that's me just down the road (as we say in Ireland!!) .... it's a small world! While this has little to do with Irish Lit...we had our annual...
Larry Bowe Consulting
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Oct 18, 2005 3:49 pm
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Dear Colleagues, Brendan Moriarty has asked me to forward this. He explains why below. David Rose We are unable to deliver the message from <bre7@...>...
Brendan, David, group as a whole, Rather than deal with this message offlist, I've put this one through to the group because it was, it seems, addressed to you...
people, can we please try and chop non-essential text from messaegs then sending a reply to the group as otherwise messages here will rapidly get unmanageable...
Jennifer, ... Well, as nobody else seems to want to help or to say welcome, I'm doing it (shame on you, guys...!) ... The ultimate impossible question: what...
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html Lookie here.... there are some Irish writers that made it to the TIME 100 Novels 2005 list. Not...
Yes some very strange entries on this list, John la Carre???? .... Iris Murdoch could be considered Irish as she was born in Dublin but she liked to say "being...
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