The Irish Chapter
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3rd Tuesday of each month | 7:00 PM
*Please note: This is a 3 month club meeting September – November.
Contemporary Irish Fiction with John Giordano
Ireland has one of the world's richest storytelling traditions, and its contemporary writers are taking it in fascinating new directions.
Over three books, we'll explore three very different voices in contemporary Irish fiction. Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These uses restraint and silence to tell a powerful story of conscience and quiet decency. Ronan Hession's Leonard and Hungry Paul finds meaning in friendship, ordinary life, and the pleasure of simply being in another person's company. Maggie O'Farrell's Land reaches into the history of the Great Famine, exploring loss, resilience, and our connection to place and the natural world.
Together, these books offer three distinct ways of telling an Irish story: spare, warm, and expansive. Through them, we'll consider how place, history, community, and memory continue to shape Ireland's people and its literature.
Facilitator bio: John is a writer, artist, and former college professor who now leads Ramp Coaching, a Newburyport nonprofit focused on making personal, educational, and career coaching accessible to all. His work centers on helping people think more deeply about their lives and work, and on supporting self-directed growth over time. He holds a PhD and an MFA.
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