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Anne Enright: In search of the real Maeve Brennan

Anne Enright: In search of the real Maeve Brennan | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Those who knew Maeve Brennan described her as stylish or Irish; she went from celebrated New Yorker writer to obscurity in a nursing home. But her short stories, lovely and unbearable, live on
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Fintan O’Toole on Maeve Brennan: No fairy tale ending

Fintan O’Toole on Maeve Brennan: No fairy tale ending | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
First published on January 1st, 1998, this essay helped revive interest in a once neglected but now highly-regarded Irish writer
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A Maeve Brennan Revival? - New Yorker (blog)

A Maeve Brennan Revival? - New Yorker (blog) | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
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A Maeve Brennan Revival?
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... upon in her fiction. The Brennans' domestic life was marked by uncertainty and upheaval, and she was always preoccupied, in her writing, with the paradox of an unsettled home.
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Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years | Irish America

Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years | Irish America | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Dublin’s famed Abbey Theatre has returned to New York with a new one-man show created and performed by Eamon Morrissey, veteran actor of the Irish stage and screen. Maeve’s House, which centers on the life and work of writer Maeve Brennan, is playing at the Irish Arts Centerthrough November 10 (its run was recently extended for five more performances), and is a must-see for anyone who loves New York and wonderful writing. The show comes straight from the Dublin Theatre Festival, where it debuted to enthusiastic reviews.
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Anne Enright on Maeve Brennan - going mad in America

Anne Enright on Maeve Brennan - going mad in America | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
In April of 2016, inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction Anne Enright delivered her annual laureate lecture in New York, an appropriate location for her subject - Dublin-born author Maeve Brennan.
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Maeve Brennan podcast with her biographer Angela Bourke

Maeve Brennan podcast with her biographer Angela Bourke | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Angela Bourke, author of Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker, and Irish Times writer Patrick Freyne discuss and read from her work
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Maeve Brennan finds a place at the table

Maeve Brennan finds a place at the table | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Women writers and Irish-American literature: Angela Bourke pays tribute to Maeve Brennan in the first of a series to celebrate the centenary of her birth on January 6th
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Maeve Brennan -The Book Show - RTÉ Radio 1

Maeve Brennan -The Book Show  - RTÉ Radio 1 | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Book Show, presented by Sinead Gleeson, is where we get to know a bit more about the books you love and talk about what you could be reading over the next few months.
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