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Winter 2025 Review of Books
Reviews by Darina Molloy She Died Young: A Life in Fragments / By Brenda Fricker…
Book Reviews
The In-Laws By Sinéad Moriarty Amanda, Katie and Melanie are the daughters-in-law of the domineering…
Time and Tide
A novel by Edna O’Brien One warm summer evening last year, I picked up a…
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Peter Quinn’s Novel Redux
“Quinn has a way of making ordinary things, the ordinary or wise or inadequate thoughts of many persons in many circumstances not only convincing but merely actual: an ability that […]
Timothy Egan: A Modern Day Pilgrim
In late October, media outlets around the world reported that Pope Francis had expressed support for civil unions, “a significant break from his predecessors that staked out new ground for […]
The Pull Of The Stars
By Tom Deignan Best-Selling Dublin-born author Emma Donoghue has a brilliant and timely new novel out. Set in an Irish maternity ward during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, The […]
Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero
He deserves a better judgment As Bobby Kennedy lay dying on a hotel kitchen floor, we’re told his last words were of concern for those around him who had also […]
Black and Green Today
African American and Northern Irish citizens in the Struggle for Civil Rights.
Frank & Al
A new book by Terry Golway on the developing Democratic party through the lens of F.D.R. and Al Smith Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance […]