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Irish Literature

Book Review: “Small Things Like These” — Resisting Cruelty

Claire Keegan’s novella expertly shows how the culture of idle talk in certain Irish communities is like a secret code — an intricate language that both obscures and reveals.

By: Lucas Spiro Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Claire Keegan, Grove-Press, Ireland, Irish Literature, Lucas Spiro, Small Things Like These

Book Review: “After Ireland” — An Insightful Survey

The critic settles too comfortably too often on a familiar trope — Ireland’s sense of promise squelched.

By: Lucas Spiro Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: "After Ireland", Declan Kiberd, Harvard University Press, Irish Literature, Lucas Spiro

Book Review: “The Dirty Dust” — Voices From the Underground, Sublime, Spiteful, Satiric

The Dirty Dust is a novel of almost unbelievable invention, humor, pathos, eloquence, and fury.

By: David Mehegan Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Alan Titley, Irish Literature, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Margellos World Republic of Letters, The Dirty Dust, Yale-University-Press

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