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What Are You Like?

What Are You Like?
Anne Enright

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published three volumes of stories, one book of nonfiction, and five novels. Her 2007 novel, The Gathering, won the Man Booker Prize, and her novel, The Forgotten Waltz, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. She is currently the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her most recent book, … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Anne Enright

What Are You Like? Anne Thompson

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2015

March 16, 2015 by 4 Comments

As a television correspondent, Anne Thompson has covered events as far ranging as Tonya Harding in Portland, Oregon to Ground Zero on 9/11. It’s a job some might find enviable, even glamorous for its range, travel, and publicity. “I was in Rome for 38 straight days covering the resignation of Pope Benedict and election of Pope Francis,” she said in an interview with Bill … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Anne Thompson

What Are You Like? Mary Pat Kelly

By Cliodhna Joyce-Daly, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2015

January 23, 2015 by 1 Comment

Author Mary Pat Kelly weaves historical characters such as Maud Gonne, William Butler Yeats, Countess Markievicz, Michael Collins, and Eamon de Valera, as well as Gabrielle Chanel, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Nora Barnacle, into her new novel Of Irish Blood, a vivid and compelling story inspired by the life of her great-aunt, and the sequel to her best-selling and … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Mary Pat Kelly

What Are You Like?
Maureen O’Hara

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
December/January 2015

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Maureen O’Hara lit up the silver screen in 60 movies over a lifetime. We all have our favorites, How Green Was My Valley, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture; The Long Gray Line, as Mary O’Donnell to Tyrone Power’s Marty Maher; Miracle on 34th Street; The Hunchback of Notre Dame, on and on, and of course, The Quiet Man, John Ford’s “irresistible valentine to … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Maureen O’Hara

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

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