LITERARY ARCHIVE
Presented
by Irish Arts Center
in association with the
Poetry Society of America
NYU Glucksman Ireland House and
Culture Ireland
IAC PoetryFest 2009
Saturday, November 7
Readings 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Meet the poets reception 5:00 pm
Single Reading $10 general /$8 Irish Arts Center members and students.
Festival Pass (both readings): $18 general sale/ $15 Irish Arts Center members
and students.
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here to buy now or call Smarttix at 212-868-4444
IAC members at all levels may book directly through Irish
Arts Center and avoid ticket processing fees. Call 212-757-3318
ext. 204 from 10 - 6 Monday through Friday.
IAC PoetryFest 2009 is the Irish Arts Center’s inaugural
showcase for emerging and established poets based in Ireland and the United States. The
day-long celebration includes afternoon and evening poetry readings, book signings,
networking opportunities and Meet the Poets, a special afternoon reception.
Featured poets:
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin—recipient
of the Patrick Kavanagh Award, the Irish Times Award for Poetry, and
the O’Shaughnessy Award; published seven collections of poetry including
the recent Selected Poems (2008)
Harry Clifton —Author of five collections of poetry,
and recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Award and the Irish Times Poetry
Now Award
Paula Meehan — recipient of the Marten Toonder Award
for Literature, The Butler Literary Award for Poetry, the Denis Devlin Memorial
Award; published six collections of poetry, including Dharmakaya (2002),
and most recently Painting Rain (2009)
Joseph Woods —Director of Poetry Ireland and a recipient
of the Patrick Kavanagh
Award; published two collections, Sailing to Hokkaido (2001) and Bearings (2005)
Enda Wyley —two-time winner of the British National
Poetry Competition; published four collections of poetry including the recent To
Wake To This (2009)
Peter Sirr —recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Award;
former director of the Irish Writers’
Centre; former editor of Poetry Ireland Review; published numerous
volumes of poetry including Nonetheless (2004), and Selected Poems
1982-2004 (Gallery 2004)
Curated by Belinda McKeon (writer, journalist and curator
of the DLR Poetry Now Festival in Dublin) and Aengus Woods (New
York based Irish philosopher and critic).
Symphony Space and Irish Arts Center
present
 The McCourt Memoirs:
An Evening with Frank, Malachy, Alphie and Michael McCourt
or
Conflicting Sibling Memories
Within the Limerick Shanty Irish Community
or
Sure ‘Twasn’t That Way ’Tall!
Hosted by Peter Quinn and Isaiah Sheffer
Please note: This event has been postponed. If you purchased tickets, please call the Symphony Space box office at 212-864-5400 or the IAC at 212-757-3318 for further information.
Tuesday, March 31st at
7:30pm
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (95th Street)
Tickets: $25
Limited seating! Call (212) 864-5400 or visit www.symphonyspace.org to reserve today!
Maybe it’s happened before that three boys from the same family have written critically acclaimed memoirs. But no trio has ever done it with as much verve, eloquence, honesty, wit and insight as the McCourt Brothers.
Though all of Angela McCourt’s sons were shaped by the same family in the poverty-ridden lanes of Limerick, each has traveled his own path and crafted his own narrative. Together, their varied adventures as actors, activists, handymen, bartenders, teachers, husbands, writers, etc. embody a uniquely Irish, wonderfully American, quintessentially New York story.
Now, for the first time since the release of Alphie's much-praised A Long Stone’s Throw, three of the four McCourt brothers will appear on the same stage to read from their memoirs – including Frank’s Angela’s Ashes and Malachy’s A Monk Swimming.
The fourth brother, Michael, will do his best to set the record straight, and all four brothers will submit to cross-examination by moderators Peter Quinn (author of Looking for Jimmy and Banished Children of Eve), Symphony Space Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer, and YOU, members of the public.
Don’t miss the chance to hear these tales of tragedy, hilarity, endurance, hope and triumph as only the McCourts can tell them!
Proceeds from the event will benefit Irish Arts Center and Symphony Space.
Netherland:
An Evening with Joseph O’Neill
Wednesday, October 8| 7:30 p.m
Admission: $15 general sale/ $12 members
Joseph O’Neill is author of the critically acclaimed Netherland, a brilliant new novel about a European man living in Manhattan after 9/11 conflicted by two loves: his wife, and his adopted country. Told in a lyrical, mesmerizing voice, his journey involves an immersion in the cricketing subculture of New York, a tragic friendship with a Trinidadian immigrant, and a darkening understanding of the great American narrative. Join us for an in-depth conversation with the author about this extraordinary story of heritage and home, sport and work, friendship and love.
Like Fitzgerald's masterpiece (The Great Gatsby), Joseph O'Neill's stunning new novel provides a resonant meditation on the American Dream." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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“The wittiest, angriest, most exacting and most desolate work of fiction we've yet had about life in New York and London after the World Trade Center fell."
Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review
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Joseph O’Neill was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1964, and raised inMozambique, Iran, Turkey and the Netherlands.He has a law degree from Cambridge University, and practiced full time as a barrister in London from 1990 to 1998, specializing in business law. In 1998 he moved to New York City, where he lives in the Chelsea Hotel with his wife, Sally Singer, an editor at Vogue, and three sons.
 Irish American Writers and Artists
An Evening in Tribute to Danny Cassidy
Thursday, September 25 | 7PM
Admission: Supporter $100 | Friend $250 | Patron $500
For further information on this event please call 212.757.3318
ext 204
An all-star cast of Irish-American writers
and musicians come together for a special
tribute to Danny Cassidy, Irish-American
musician, teacher, labor activist and author
of the groundbreaking book How the
Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language
of the Crossroads.Participants include
Dan Barry, Ashley Davis, Maureen Dezell, Ivan Goff, T.J. English,
Terry Golway, Pete Hamill, Tom Kelly, William Kennedy,
Michael Patrick MacDonald, Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt,
Mick Moloney, Peter Quinn, Washington Square Harp and
Shamrock Orchestra and other special guests to be announced.
Raffle prizes include a free week of accommodation and Irish-language instruction at, Oideas Gael, Glenn Cholm Cille, Co. Donegal, signed books and CDS of participating artists, and Airfare for two to Ireland on Aer Lingus. |
 Easter Rising
An Evening with Michael Patrick MacDonald
Thursday, February 28th at
7:30 P.M.
$15 General sale/ $10 Irish Arts Center Members
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Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the national bestseller All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, which won the American Book Award. He has been a guest columnist for the Boston Globe and recenly completed the screenplay of All Souls for director Ron Shelton. Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion is his second book.
MacDonald, who lives in Brooklyn, grew up in South Boston's Old Colony housing project. He helped launch many of Boston's antiviolence initiatives, including gun-buyback programs and the South Boston Vigil Group, and he continues to work nationally with survivor families and young people in the antiviolence movement.
Join us for a special evening with this remarkable storyteller as he examines the relationship between his work as an author and activist, discusses his latest projects, and launches the paperback release of Easter Rising.
Click here to buy the book!
“Funny and heartbreaking….MacDonald is a compelling storyteller”
Newsweek
"MacDonald is a fine writer, with a terrific ear for dialogue”
The Washington Post
"MacDonald's prose--muscular and insistently alive--quivers like a fist about to take a swing….refreshing."
San Francisco Chronicle
“Heartwrenching.... up there with the very best comic writing of Seamus Deane and Patrick McCabe ... with this masterpiece Michael Patrick MacDonald has set an audacious benchmark in Irish-American literature”
Andersonstown News, Belfast, Ireland
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