Interviewed by Katharine Gilbert 1. Congratulations! Your book Telling Stories is out now and available on Amazon. Can you tell us how you feel about completing your book? And what’s next? Mixed emotions—probably relief that it is over maybe a… Continue Reading
by Sabina Clarke Telling Stories can be purchased on Amazon. Telling Stories is a collection of 44 interviews over the years — that appeared in the Irish Edition newspaper and other publications. Among the interviewees are Gerry Adams; Senator George… Continue Reading
By Hugh Turley and David MartinMcCabe PublishingHyattsville, Maryland2023$16.95 www.amazon,com A Labyrinthine Tale of Murder and Deceit By Sabina Clarke The investigation into the strange death of the celebrated author and Trappist monk Thomas Merton continues and reaches new heights with… Continue Reading
Small Things Like TheseBy Claire KeeganGrove Press, New York2021 By Sabina Clarke Bill Furlong, the father of five girls, is a respected coal and timber merchant who sometimes reminds himself that he came from nothing. When his teenage Catholic mother… Continue Reading
FosterBy Claire KeeganFaber & Faber LimitedBloomsbury HouseLondon, England2010 By Sabina Clarke This powerful novella set in rural Ireland by Irish writer Claire Keegan is narrated through the eyes of a young girl whose name we’re never told. She is being… Continue Reading
By Hugh Turley Franciscan priest Richard Rohr founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rohr has been featured on the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Oprah Winfrey described Rohr “as one of the most… Continue Reading
By Maurice Fitzpatrick Many people associate the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses a hundred years ago with an iconic picture of the author when it was published in Paris in 1922. Joyce’s glaucoma required multiple surgeries and, in the photograph,… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Reading the letters of F Scott Fitzgerald is like eavesdropping on a private conversation as the unseen listener where nothing is censored except a reference here and there to an individual that might offend. Fitzgerald’s letters offer… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: The review of Thom Nickels’ book “From Mother Divine to the Corner Swami” was in the October issue and is online at Irish Edition.com. The following PART TWO is the interview. By Sabina Clarke SC: Many people feel… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Despite being raised in a strict Irish-German Roman Catholic household and schooled in the Baltimore catechism when Mass was said in Latin and nuns wore traditional habits, Thom Nickels looked beyond searching for adventure, curious about the… Continue Reading