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Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Sharon sat down again. She whispered to Jimmy Sr. - Me uterus is beginnin' to press into me bladder/ It's gettin' bigger. Jimmy Sr turned to her. - I don't want to hear those sort o' things, Sharon, he said. - It's not righ'. He was blushing. - Sorry, said Sharon. - That's okay. Who's tha' fuckin' eejit, Darren? - Can you not just say Eejit? said Veronica. - That's wha' I did say! said Jimmy Sr. Darren...
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Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
- We'll ask Jimmy, said Outspan. - Jimmy'll know. Jimmy Rabbitte knew his music. He knew his stuff alright. You'd never see Jimmy coming home from town without a new album or a 12-inch or at least a 7-inch single. Jimmy ate Melody Maker and the NME every week and Hot Press every two weeks. He listened to Dave Fanning and John Peel. He even read his sisters' Jackie when there was no one looking. So...
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Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. We're going to try to sell this thing on the street in San Francisco, but it'll also go out to our subscribers and be in bookstores all over. The page with images from the Panorama is here . Weirdly, you will note that one...
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3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By Susan Tomaselli. Pimp: The Story of My Life , Iceberg Slim, Canongate 2009 “The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads … An’ Dubliners are the niggers of Ireland … An’ the northside Dubliners are the niggers o’ Dublin - Say it loud. I’m black an’ I’m proud.” The Commitments , Roddy Doyle Though Roddy Doyle may now wince with the rest of us, his point that pre-Celtic Tiger...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Paul Quarrington , author of last year's Canada Reads winner, King Leary , has been named the winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada's $20,000 Matt Cohen Award. Quarrington, diagnosed earlier this year with cancer, will receive the award Saturday at Harbourfront Centre's International Festival of Authors. Participants in the event will include Margaret Atwood , Roddy Doyle and Dave Bidini...
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Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Great trilogies? Godfather (Sofia and Mascagni @ Teatro Massimo and intergalactic cannoli make N. 3 worth your while), Indiana Jones, Mozart/DaPonte, the original Star Wars, Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy, Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown trilogy, Alexander Tcherepnin's three operas, and yeah, we'll throw in Il Trittico, nominally. And so Opera Chic peered into the ranks of great trilogies with...
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Fictionaut Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. Utne Reader comments on “ Digital Storytelling ” and takes time to discuss cellphone based magazine CellStories , writing, “I’ve been reading CellStories on borrowed iPhones and have found the daily dispatches to be just...
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Quillblog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... Authors. The tribute, which is to be held on Oct. 24, includes speakers such as Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Alistair MacLeod, and Paul Gross, as well as a performance by the Rheostatics (who will reunite for the event) and Quarrington’s own band, Porkbelly Futures. Quarrington, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer last May, wrote candidly about his health and his reaction...
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Torontoist (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... will spend a day doing group writing and emerge with their first books. Natalie Kertes worked with Roddy Doyle on a similar project, Fighting Words Dublin , and will be guiding the proceedings. How did Small Print get started? Small Print evolved out of a test pilot that I ran last year at my day job planning events for This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS). TINARS For Tots applied...
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Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. We’re going to try to sell this thing on the street in San Francisco, but it’ll also go out to our subscribers and be in bookstores all over—sign up now to ensure you see it. via Waxy This is a blog post from Laughing Squid...
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Isak (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. Frankly, I'm rather sorry this is launched a one-time publication, because this sounds excellent. It's the first McSweeney's project I've been excited about in a long time.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... family is Irish. I love the country and I love the people and the literature.”William Trevor and Roddy Doyle won special mention. Martin recommended Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn, which is now on its way to the senator’s office.The abundance of warm and fuzzy feeling did not prevent Martin from doing serious lobbying on behalf of thousands of undocumented Irish in the US. “The big news is...
