Being New York, Being Irish: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Irish America and New York University's Glucksman Ireland House

by Terry Golway

Book Overview

New York University's Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago to foster the study of Ireland and Irish America, and since then has led and witnessed tremendous changes in Irish and Irish-American culture. Alice McDermott writes about her son's Irish awakening; Colum McCann's Joycean essay is a brilliant call to action in defence of immigrants and social justice; Colm T ib n's first visit to New York coincided with the first St Patrick's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788550498
• ISBN13: 9781788550499
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.0"