"I knew that we were Irish and I knew that Irish was the best thing to be."– Novelist Alice McDermott℘℘℘
When I immigrated to this country I had no idea of the history of the Irish in America – indeed, I had the idea that only someone born and raised in Ireland could call themselves Irish.A Greyhound bus ticket at a cheap student rate that lasted three months and allowed … [Read more...] about The First Word:
Now and in Time to Be