Fortnightly 184

Today, David Marcus and New Irish Writing (and my own connection), the best Irish fiction of the 21st century (so far), the Eavan Boland Library at TCD, Ronald Pickup as Hamlet from 1971 and TV Shakespeare in 1970, Michael S. Rose on Slow Reading, draft Leaving Certificate specification, resisting AI mania in schools, Dickens v Shakespeare, Helen Garner, hotels that look like libraries and much more.

184: A hyphenated life by Julian Girdham

David Marcus, 21st century Irish fiction, Eavan Boland, Ronald Pickup, Slow Reading, Helen Garner, and more.

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