The Writer’s Writer: A dive into John McGahern’s literary archive shows his huge impact
Leitrim writer’s archive features words of praise from Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel and Colm Tóibín, while Claire Keegan and Anne Enright also speak of his influence
By Eamon Maher
Captain’s Dinner by Adam Cohen: An act of cannibalism that ‘changed the world’
Stealing Hitler’s Rocket: Thoroughly engaging story of frantic race to smuggle out a V-2
A grafter and a dreamer, Shirley Jackson found that sweet spot between reality and magic
Reviews in brief: The Smiths, Offseason and Sail Away Land
John Berger: From Life. Biographer Tom Overton, like his subject, breaks the vessel he is writing within
A Little Bit Bad: One for the bath with a glass of wine, in the best possible way
Poem of the Week: Rain in Ireland
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POETRY
Seamus Heaney and Catholicism: An astute account of religion’s afterlife in poet’s work
By Nicholas Allen
In Claudia Rankine’s Triage, the reader bears witness to an intense and unresolved debate
By Rachel Andrews
The Life Swap by Jeananne Craig: Even the most minor characters get a satisfying arc as they face their flaws
By Ferdia Roche
Shapechangers: Essays from Irish women quietly challenging how literary history is written
By Adam Wyeth
‘Why are you home early?’: Shauna said the first thing she could think of to her mother and regretted it immediately
By Caragh Maxwell
The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches: Players become spectators of the social upheavals surrounding them
By NJ McGarrigle
Evie Gaughan: AI companies are missing the entire point of writing or reading a book
By Evie Gaughan
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