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Fund for Irish Studies: Lecture & Reading by Barry McCrea

Event Overview

Dates

October 27, 2023

Hours

4:30 PM

Location

James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Admission

Free & open to public

Award-winning writer Barry McCrea will give a brief talk on “Language and the Irish Novel” followed by a reading from his novel-in-progress Miracle at Thorn Island. Introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole.

Part of the fall 2023 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series.

Tickets & Details

The lecture is free and open to the public. No advance tickets or registration required.

Directions

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Accessibility

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About Barry McCrea

Writer and scholar Barry McCrea.

Photo credit: Francesco Giannone

Barry McCrea is the author of three books including the novel The First Verse, winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for fiction and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, and two academic books. His last book, Languages of the Night, won the 2016 René Wellek Prize for an outstanding book in the discipline of comparative literature. McCrea holds the Keough Family Chair at the University of Notre Dame where he teaches modern literature on its campuses in Indiana, Rome, and Dublin. He is currently finishing another novel, Miracle at Thorn Island.

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