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October November 2014 Issue

What Are You Like?
Glenn Keogh

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Actor Glenn Keogh takes our questions and talks about his favorite places, missing home, and the time he forgot the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Glenn Keogh is quickly rising to prominence in Hollywood. This past summer, he made the press rounds for Michael Bay’s latest installment of the Transformers series. Keogh plays an Arctic scientist who makes a world-changing … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Glenn Keogh

We Are Not Ourselves:
Matthew Thomas’s Accomplished Debut

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Matthew Thomas, whose debut novel is receiving rave reviews, talks to Tom Deignan. Before he became a celebrated debut novelist, Matthew Thomas was an English teacher, so he could surely spot the flaw in the following item from The New York Post’s infamous “Page Six” gossip column. “Matthew Thomas is the toast of the publishing world overnight after We Are Not Ourselves — a … [Read more...] about We Are Not Ourselves:
Matthew Thomas’s Accomplished Debut

The Big Thrill

By Mary Pat Kelly, Contributor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 1 Comment

Anne Rice and Michael Connelly spoke to Mary Pat Kelly at the Ninth Annual Thriller Fest a gathering of writers, editors, publishers, literary agents and fans held this summer in New York. Anne O’Brien Rice, the mega-bestselling (a hundred million books) author who created a genre with her Interview with a Vampire has never been to Ireland but wants to go. Michael Connelly, … [Read more...] about The Big Thrill

Review of Books

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Non-Fiction The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses By Kevin Birmingham With the publication of Kevin Birmingham’s The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses some people may be asking: do we really need another book about James Joyce? The answer after reading Birmingham’s debut novel is an enthusiastic yes! Much more than just a book … [Read more...] about Review of Books

Eliza Lynch: The Uncrowned
Queen of Paraguay

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 1 Comment

The Cork-born beauty who was the mistress of Francisco Solano López, president of Paraguay, and is today revered in Paraguay as a national heroine. Ireland’s Potato Famine forced 10-year-old Eliza from her native Cork to France, then to Algeria where she endured a bad but brief marriage to a French doctor whom she later dismissed as “a minor beast.” She left her husband for … [Read more...] about Eliza Lynch: The Uncrowned
Queen of Paraguay

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