Sponsored by The Grolier Club This play covers the five days in which the 1916 Rebels occupied the GPO after proclaiming an independent Irish Republic. First performed inside the General Post Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin during the 2016 commemoration of the Easter Rising, this play covers the five […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club An evening of Traditional Irish Music featuring Cashel Blake Day-Lewis, Ursula Garry, Matt Stapleton Isaac Alderson Join the Grolier Club and the Irish Arts Center for a special Bloomsday, June 16th, evening of traditional Irish music, featuring Cashel Blake Day-Lewis on fiddle, Ursula Garry on flute, Matt Stapleton on guitar, and Isaac Alderson on the uilleann pipes. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Charlotte Priddle, Dr. Miranda Garno Rossa, Elyssa Maxx Goodman, & Chris Hammer How have members of the LGBTQ+ community, throughout centuries, left record on the printed or handwritten page, or glaring absences? Where do we look today for their traces, and what are best […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Lecture with Carla Kaplan Acclaimed biographer Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (HarperCollins), will explore the print and manuscript culture of Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) and her five sisters, members of a famous British literary family. They wrote autobiographical novels and memoirs, […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With R. F. Foster, Belinda McKeon, Fintan O’Toole and James Pethica R. F. Foster, Belinda McKeon, Fintan O’Toole and James Pethica come together for a wide‑ranging virtual conversation on Risings: The Irish Literary Renaissance and the Making of a Nation. As foremost historians, writers, critics and […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Paul Muldoon and Kevin Young will read a selection of poems by the leading poets of the Irish Literary Renaissance and their successors. Paul Muldoon and Grolier Club member, Kevin Young will read a selection of poems by the leading poets of the Irish Literary […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Ann Charters, Holly George-Warren, Joyce Johnson, and Regina Weinreich Kerouac scholars Ann Charters, Joyce Johnson, Holly George-Warren, and Regina Weinreich will discuss their experiences with, and thoughts on, Jack Kerouac. The four panel members are all noted Kerouac scholars and biographers. Ann Charters and Joyce […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Randy Gue, Michael Inman, Elizabeth Ott, and Carolyn Vega A lively panel discussion with members of the NYPL’s Berg and Emory’s Rose Library, which both hold substantial repositories of Jack Kerouac material. Carolyn Vega and Michael Inman from NYPL and Elizabeth Ott and Randy Gue […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Colm Tóibín Award winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín will trace the legacy of the Irish Literacy Renaissance through successive generations of Irish writers. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-irish-literary-renaissance-tickets-1981942212510?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Merlin Holland charts the extraordinary afterlife of the legendary writer and thinker, tracing the dramatic fluctuations in Oscar Wilde’s posthumous reputation. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-after-oscar-the-legacy-of-a-scandal-tickets-1978912426338?aff=ebdsoporgprofile