Tag Archives: Anne Enright

Thank you, Mr. Wolcott

Not only for linking to my piece about F. Scott Fitzgerald, but for doing so in such a thoughtful way, and for including me in the same breath with Anne Enright.

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Anne Enright: “I can’t think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.”

WONDERFUL interview with Anne Enright, author of The Gathering, winner of the Man Booker Prize last year. I finished it near my birthday last year (post here) – and had mixed feelings about it, although the writing knocked me on … Continue reading

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The Gathering, by Anne Enright

I finished The Gathering this weekend (my mother did, too) – and while I am truly inspired by her writing (she’s the kind of writer that makes me BURN to pick up my pencil, and try again) – I found … Continue reading

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Reading and Watching

— finished Bleak House yesterday morning. My God! What a book! — started and finished The Road yesterday. Could not put it down. What a horrifying story. Scary, too: there were 2 moments in particular when I literally gasped out … Continue reading

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Anne Enright Has Won the Booker Prize

Details here. It is quite an upset considering the competition and although I have not read any of her stuff (YET) – she is next on my list after I finish Bleak House. I love literary upsets, it’s one of … Continue reading

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