Frank McCourt High School first graduating class head to college. Best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt also worked as a New York City public school educator, including 15 years as a teacher of English and creative writing at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan until his retirement in 1987. It’s fitting then that soon after … [Read more...] about Frank McCourt High School Graduates First Class
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The Irish Repertory Theater: A Class Act
Showcasing the Irish and Irish-American experience on stage for 23 years. Let us now praise the Irish Repertory Theater, New York, and congratulate founders Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director, as they receive the 2011 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish American Writers and Artists. The award is given annually to … [Read more...] about The Irish Repertory Theater: A Class Act
Remembering Frank McCourt
Why We Loved Him Tom Cahill, Colum McCann, Peter Quinn, and others pay tribute to Frank McCourt I saw Frank a couple of weeks before he passed. It was at the Irish Repertory Theatre gala fundraiser in June. He had just finished his last round of chemo. He looked fine. I spoke to him for a couple of minutes but I didn’t say anything that I wanted to say. Frank was my hero … [Read more...] about Remembering Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt on Frank McCourt
Editor’s Note: Frank wrote this piece for Irish America’s 20th anniversary issue. It was reprinted in memorium of Frank McCourt and his invaluable contributions to Irish American literature. Jim Sheridan came over to my table at the Lion’s Head bar and asked if I’d be interested in acting in a new play by a young man from Belfast, Terry George. Jim was artistic director at … [Read more...] about Frank McCourt on Frank McCourt
Marian Keyes’ L.A. Story
The author of such works as Rachel's Holiday and Sushi for Beginners talks to Siobhán Tracey about her new book set in L.A. ℘℘℘ Anyone who has ever read one of Marian Keyes' novels will already have an impression of the author's irrepressible sense of fun, which finds humor in situations not obviously funny. And in the flesh, Keyes, the best-selling author of six novels, … [Read more...] about Marian Keyes’ L.A. Story