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I concur!
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by Mary Burke

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The two reports for my first book, (centered but not wholly on Synge) were as follows:
There’s too much Synge
There’s not enough Synge

So I just went with the one that suited me best
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That had #OscarWilde lived, he would have returned to Dublin and put a fire under Irish Revival literature
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Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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"While the liberal arts, like all fields in higher education, face significant struggles, the study of English at the University of Minnesota continues to offer robust artistic and intellectual training for the world in which we live." www.startribune.com/uofm-liberal...
Counterpoint | Actually, English majors are thriving at the University of Minnesota
"As the chair of the English department, past English chair, and assistant dean of curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, we often find reports of the demise of ...
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Believe it or not, it's already time to think about MSA 2026 in Loughborough, UK. The conference will meet July 1-4, and proposals for panels, papers, roundtables, workshops, and seminars is December 1. Please note this MUCH earlier deadline. The CFP is here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
An image of a Tarot card empress with a crown of stars on a mustard yellow background. The text says: Weird Modernism, BAMS/ MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026. Loughborough University, UK
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🎉 Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and political activist Rosamond Jacob.

In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure.

Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie
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by Mary Burke

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...to use spellcheck?
misspelled query re: college application
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The consolations of autumn
flowers gone to seed image
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Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Pick one! Once and for all!

Joyce
Faulkner
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The latest @irishtimes.com fiction in translation column by Catherine Taylor is now online for subscribers 👇
Fiction in translation: The Midnight Timetable; The Woman Dies; The Ferryman & His Wife; My Name Is Stramer; Wolf Moon’ and The Loft
Books by Bora Chung (Korea), Japan (Aoko Matsuda), Frode Grytten (Norway), Mikołaj Łoziński (Poland), Julio Llamazares (Spain) and Marlen Haushofer (Austria)
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by Mary Burke

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can confirm @oxfordacademic.bsky.social discount for books displayed @moderniststudies.bsky.social works!
"Race, Politics & Irish America" book discount in cart image
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yup!
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Honora is such a common 19th-c Irish first name....

by Mary Burke

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It's humbling when a reviewer summarizes your work better than you can..
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Mary M. Burke, Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History
Stephen Butler; Mary M. Burke, Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History, American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 March 2025, Pages 269–
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by Mary Burke

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We’ve outsourced editing now

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Fascinating to learn of Brian Friel’s Translations being staged in Senegal.
Ireland's iconic play 'Translations' hits Dakar stage • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d
"The chancellor approved it"
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already. It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.
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'In Fermanagh, the almost total disappearance of greys and re-emergence of red squirrels is being largely put down to pine martens.' This is a great story.

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Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland
One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.
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Another large painting from the studio this week - wild winter lakes and misty hillsides.
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Far from the Maudlin Crowd?
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One drive is where I accidentally save things to sometimes and then the file is lost for ever.
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by Mary Burke

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I'll speak on dramatist George Kelly (Princess Grace's uncle), critic Mary McCarthy, & Irish America @moderniststudies.bsky.social on Friday
Theatre critic and novelist Mary McCarthy Neglected Irish American playwright, George Kelly (1887-1974), Pulitzer Prize-winning uncle of Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco)
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I'll be heading to Belfast for the last of my New Arcana launches, introduced by the wonderful Stephen Sexton, at No Alibis Books, on the 21st October. Free but ticketed- get yours here!

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CFP: 18th International Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, & Culture
1–4 July, @bristoluni.bsky.social

Deadline: 14 Nov 2025. See link for details 👇
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Call for Papers 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC) University of Bristol, 1-4 July 2026 We are delighted to invite papers for the 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC), first established in 1975. We welcome proposals for papers that discuss any aspects of medieval and renaissance Scottish language, literature, and culture, and papers that reflect on these fields from different time periods, languages, and places. Keynote speakers: Roderick Lyall (Emeritus Professor of Literatures in English, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Anna Groundwater (Principal Curator, National Museums Scotland) Steven Reid (Professor of Early Modern Scottish History and Culture, University of Glasgow) You may submit either an individual paper proposal (in which case the organisers will compile proposals into panels); or a complete panel of 3 papers at 20 minutes each. The conference also welcomes alternative panel formats (e.g. roundtables, flash panels, work in progress sessions), but these will need to managed by the proposer and proposed in full, with details of all participants. Individual papers: 20 minutes Panel sessions (typically featuring 3 papers with time for questions, or in alternative formats): 90 minutes.
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In the depths of the internet I just ran across a subgenre of Irish fanfic that re-writes Thomas Hardy novels and sets them in Ireland
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Really excited to see these proofs for @lydiacooper.bsky.social’s and my special issue of Studies in the Novel on Disease and Disability in the Novel
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by Mary Burke

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FINALLY Rod Stewart gets his Nobel
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Going to tell me students this was Baudrillard.
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