Edda Fields-Black, author of Deep Roots, will appear at the Miami Book Fair International Saturday, November 14 at 5 p.m. She will take part in a panel discussion on "Reclaiming African Culture."
For more information on Miami Book Fair International events, visit the Fair's website.
"There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were."
Whether you are Irish or only wish you were, here are some Irish-themed reading selections in honor of St. Patrick's Day:
Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border
Ray Cashman
Folklore and identity in Northern Ireland
Passing the Time in Ballymenone
Henry Glassie
The life and art, the folklore, history, and common work of a rural community in Northern Ireland
The Stars of Ballymenone
Henry Glassie
A moving portrait of the people, songs, and tales of Ballymenone
All Silver and No Brass
Henry Glassie
Irish Christmas mumming, the subject of this carefully
researched and beautifully written book, is approached through the recollections of four old people of the hamlet of
Ballymenone
Ruairi O Bradaigh
Robert W. White
A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement
Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995
Linda Dowling Almeida
The story of one of the most visible groups of immigrants in the major city of immigrants in the last half of the 20th century.
Gender and Modern Irish Drama
Susan Cannon Harris
A radical re-reading of Irish drama in the context of Irish nationalism and sexual politics.
A Century of Irish Drama
Edited by Stephen Watt, Eileen Morgan, and Shakir Mustafa
A survey of the history of the Irish theatre from the founding of the Abbey to the current scene.
Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature
Tom Peete Cross
Despite being bumped from her flight to the Modern Language Association meeting in San Francisco, Music and Humanities Editor Jane Behnken reports that the rest of the meeting was smooth sailing—the highlight being the reception for Kenneth Johnston and his late wife Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston's book, Searching for Cioran. Several of the Johnstons' colleagues and family members were in attendance to help celebrate the book's launch. IU Press authors Willis Barnstone and Yusef Komunyakaa also stopped by the booth. You can view more photos of the reception here, courtesy of Kenneth Johnston's daughter-in-law, Jennifer.
"...a valuable contribution not only to African history, but also to the history of slavery on the both sides of the Atlantic. ...The book is required reading for understanding the impact of the economic, social, and political transformations of Lagos between the second half of the eighteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century. Finally, the book is brilliantly organized, and Mann's style makes the reading enjoyable." —H-Atlantic
The Charlottesville Daily Progress recently interviewed editors Willliam Middleton and George Smerk for an article on the Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. <read story>
