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The Irish Literary Times is not leaving but going into hibernation here on Twitter.
We joined 12 years ago and have almost 33,000 followers. I thank you for your engagement and the sustenance you provided. 🙏
You can find me at:
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Playing with poems - writing poetry for children rte.ie/culture/2024/1108/147…
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Sad, sad news. Dorothy Allison #RIP
RIP Dorothy Allison. I taught with her at @Tin_House & she was full of warmth and ferocity - w/ a Janis Joplin howl to her voice. '"Fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer's courage. The best fiction comes from the place where the terror hides, the edge of our worst stuff."
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“Oh...the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, & with such unknown horror as it has for me! How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.”
Bram Stoker
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Abraham "Bram" Stoker - author of the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. Personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre.
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“The question of style isn’t just about sentence construction.” —Joseph O’Neill
The author’s latest book, “Godwin” (@PantheonBooks), explores Western masculinity.
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Final few poems from Francis Harvey - 10th anniversary of his death (13 April 1925-07 November 2014) Hope you enjoy my selections over the past three days.
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"Poetry is just the evidence of life" always loved this quote from the great man.
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Thanks to @Paddyrun1 for reminding us that today is the 10th anniversary of Francis Harvey's death.
One of my favourite poets it has to be said.
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Two more for today from Francis Harvey - 10th anniversary of his death (13 April 1925 - 07 November 2014)
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Remembering Leonard Cohen who died on this day 2016.
"The only moment that you can live here comfortably in these absolutely irreconcilable conflicts is in this moment when you embrace it all and you say 'Look, I don't understand a fucking thing at all - Hallelujah!"
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A 15th-century history manuscript written on a mixture of paper and parchment, with a fairly unconvincing doodle of a distinguished-looking chap.
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Working on 'Waiting For Godot' right now makes this hit all the harder. This morning I couldn't eat for fear of being ill. Over our two-show day, a show about resilience, I was reminded of the reasons we go on.
#WaitingForGodot #theatre #SamuelBeckett
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Christy Brown's Self Portrait - inside the new RTÉ documentary, rte.ie/culture/2024/1104/147…, via @RTE_Culture.
Christy Brown: Self Portrait | Tonight | @RTEONE and @RTEPlayer | 9.35pm
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