I reached for my father’s hand as he lay in his hospital bed. Sensing his unease, I quickly let go. It was my last attempt at intimacy. He died several days later, maintaining the distance between us to the end.
I arrived in my father’s life as part of a double surprise, the elder of boy twins. Nine months earlier, he lost his seat as a congressman from New York and my mother … [Read more...] about Out of Reach:
Memories of a Distant Father
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Out of Reach:
Weekly Comment:
Remembering J.P. Donleavy
(1926 – 2017)
By Olivia O'Mahony
September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017
J.P. Donleavy, the Irish American novelist and playwright who penned The Ginger Man, which was initially turned away by over 45 publishers for its sexual obscenity but eventually sold more than 45 million copies and became considered a modern cult classic, died on September 11 in a hospital near his Mullingar, Co. Westmeath home. He was 91 years old. Donleavy wrote more than a … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Remembering J.P. Donleavy
(1926 – 2017)
Reinventing Anne of Green Gables
The Donegal actress at the heart of a new series about Canada’s most famous orphan talks to Irish America. (Photo: Netflix) ℘℘℘ Fifteen-year-old Irish actress Amybeth McNulty has spent her entire life in Donegal and even proudly refers to herself as “a proper country bumpkin.” This would not seem to be the ideal background for someone looking to break into the … [Read more...] about Reinventing Anne of Green Gables
Wild Irish Women:
The Reporter Who Wouldn’t Go Away
Dorothy is Back! Dorothy Kilgallen was a TV and radio star, a columnist who wrote about theater and film, the rich and famous, but more than anything, she was a crime reporter who, at the time of her mysterious death, was investigating the JFK assassination. She was as tough as she was brittle, as brave as she was bitchy. At a time when few women had a career, Dorothy Mae … [Read more...] about Wild Irish Women:
The Reporter Who Wouldn’t Go Away
In Search of Lost Writers
The unexpected success of the efforts of Dublin’s Tramp Press to re-release out-of-print and forgotten books by Irish women writers. (Photo: Tramp Press) ℘℘℘ In 2014, Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen founded Tramp Press, a small, independent publishing house with the aim of finding and showcasing extraordinary literary talent, whether publishing work from emerging writers, … [Read more...] about In Search of Lost Writers