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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone who missed Konstantin at @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social last week I’ve put some images of the show up on my website.

www.eoghancarrick.com/konstantin

Eoghan Carrick | COCREATOR | Konstantin

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 2d

So awful and ridiculous.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be included in @channel-lit.bsky.social latest issue. It’s titled ‘Ireland, but money is good, too’ from a cycle of poems exploring Lady Gregory and WB Yeats’ play Kathleen (or Cathleen) ni Houlihan.

Channel @channel-lit.bsky.social · 2d

We'll be launching Issue 13 in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 30 October 🍁✨️

A big thank you to this issue's talented contributors, and to Aaron Sunderland Carey for the beautiful cover art. We can't wait to celebrate this issue with you all!
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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

"in each letter reflect / yourself / in conversation / with the hierarchy of society / dancing cradle to cradle / with sureness and economy / with richness and purity of line /"

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 3d

last week @ minor lits ...

— new fiction from @robrubsam.bsky.social

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— alphabetical images from @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

minorliteratures.com

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for making it in. I went out to buy your new book after the show.x

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 4d

@dublintheatrefest.bsky.social

Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 4d

Here is the essay (for formatting reasons it’s in pdf form on the website):

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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

minorliteratures.com

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 4d

Last two shows of KONSTANTIN at Dublin Theatre Festival.

Matinee with ISL interpretation and an evening show.

It’s been a blast. Very proud of this show.

We are sold out but I find there is always a ticket with weather and last minute returns. dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/konsta...

KONSTANTIN - Dublin Theatre Festival

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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 5d

Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan dies aged 55

Irish writer, filmmaker, and language advocate Manchán Magan is remembered for his books, documentaries, and deep love of Ireland’s spirit

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Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · 6d

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick
@eoghancarrick.bsky.social
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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

minorliteratures.com

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — a cross genre essay in images and words by Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

"Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and formats to systematically glorify his rule ..."

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

minorliteratures.com

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick ( @eoghancarrick.bsky.social )

minorliteratures.com/2025/10/02/u...

[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

minorliteratures.com

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 10d

It draws on satellite images of ghost estates located in Ireland, and uses the skeletal remains of buildings and their relationship to the surrounding landscape to reflect an alphabet of absence.

Can’t wait to share it.

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 10d

Really excited to have another piece coming out in @minorliteratures.bsky.social this week. It is a multi-form exploration Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1524 Alphabet with Dance of Death. I started to develop it on the @panpantheatre.bsky.social mentorship with @forcedents.bsky.social Terry O’Connor.

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 10d

and coming up this week ...

— new fiction from @robrubsam.bsky.social

— an essay from @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 13d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 10d

and coming up this week ...

— new fiction from @robrubsam.bsky.social

— an essay from @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 12d

On this day in 1981, Taiwanese-American performance artist Tehching Hsieh began his third one-year performance piece. Also known as ‘Outdoor Piece’, Hsieh lived on the street in New York for an entire year. He was not allowed to go inside at all, including buildings, vehicles, tents or the subway.

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 11d

Loved this open.substack.com/pub/northsea...

The Long Game

Don Paterson on the truth about iron, spiders and milk

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 18d

www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...

The Basic Income scheme brought me success, wellbeing and family life; the Government must retain it

The pilot scheme has given artists a balance between working well and living well, writes Michael Gallen.

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Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social · 20d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22d

Breaking news: Robert Redford, the big-screen idol turned Oscar-winning director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, died at 89.

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

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Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · 24d

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“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano

Tim MacGabhann is a Paris-based Irish writer whose recent memoir, The Black Pool, narrates his hallucination-littered descent into addiction and abjection, as well as his eventual redemption throug…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Sep 7

and coming up this week ...

— new fiction from @addisonzeller.bsky.social

— an interview with Tim MacGabhann

— an extract from Charlotte Northall's PRACTICING DYING, out with Pilot Press

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