very belated post due to author copies getting lost in the post: wrote some silly little poems for the stony thursday book; made up to see my own stuff surrounded by some of the very best in the biz (thx to @c_makris, one of said very best in the biz) x
Wrote a piece with @AineMarieMahon for the @IrishTimes on the importance of an Arts education and the importance of funding culture more generally. Especially important, I think, given the scant funding allocated to the Arts Council in the recent Budget.
https://t.co/tzk3tgm9bF
'Rooney’s critics seem reluctant to talk about her sentences, which is unfortunate, because the sentences are very good.'
@hestervickery reviews Sally Rooney's Intermezzo (@FaberBooks) in our new October / November issue.
https://t.co/SNq1h5D8Ap
reading this latest DRB piece by @darling_orlaith mere hours before moving back to dublin like this (it’s brilliant, essential reading)
https://t.co/KqnkTYpHok
pleased to announce i’ll be moving back to dublin in september, after 7 years living amongst the sasanach, to begin a teaching fellowship in the school of english at trinity; send me leads on one-bed flats going in town, i beg you