Being New York, Being Irish: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Irish America and New York University's Glucksman Ireland House (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781788550499)

New York University's Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago to foster the study of Ireland and Irish America. Alice McDermott writes about her son's Irish awakening; Colum McCann's Joycean essay is a brilliant call to action in defence of immigrants and social justice; Colm T ib n's first visit to New York coincided with the first St Patrick's Day parade led by a woman; Dan Barry reflects on Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes; and a new poem by Seamus Heaney written not long before his death. Through deeply personal essays, some of the best-known Irish writers on both sides of the Atlantic commemorate the House's anniversary by examining what has changed, and what has not, in Irish and Irish-American culture, art, identity, and politics since 1993.

Author: Terry Golway
ISBN-10: 1788550498
ISBN-13: 9781788550499
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2018
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.70w x 1.00d