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11th Annual Tom Quinlan Lecture

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The 11th annual Tom Quinlan lecture at Glucksman Ireland House NYU will be held on Friday, December 2nd at 2:00 pm. As in past years, the “lecture” will feature a poetry reading by a prominent Irish poet. It also serves as a lead into the Irish Arts Center’s signature Poetryfest weekend which kicks off at the new center’s theater at 8:00 pm on Friday evening. This year’s … [Read more...] about 11th Annual Tom Quinlan Lecture

The Annual Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

November 1: For the eighth year, Glucksman Ireland House at NYU welcomed the winner of one of the poetry world’s most coveted prizes, the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for First Full Collection as judged by a select committee at Queens University Belfast. This year’s judges were Professor Nick Laird, Chair of Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney … [Read more...] about The Annual Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry

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