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Dr. Kersti Powell

@kerstipowell.bsky.social

Associate Professor of English & Director of Irish Studies at SJU. Contemporary Irish Literature, although occasionally also dabbles in science and lit. Trying to keep a basil plant alive. she/si/tema

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Tim Groenland@groenbot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What are the different types of literary agent, and where are they based? How does the gravitational pull of London influence the field? Are publishers collecting Irish writers "like Pokemons"? Find out below

Tim Groenland@groenbot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Who are the literary agents of irish authors, and what do they do? I had a go at answering these questions and more in this (open access) essay - with help from some (anonymous) agents, authors and publishers who were good enough to lend me their time www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Dan Sinykin@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the @ajc.com, I wrote about how close reading cultivates the virtues that promote eudaimonia, or human flourishing, or the good life. That's me in the picture at the front of the room. www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...

‘Close reading’ is a solution for students looking to live a good life

Education is being polarized by advocates on the left and right, but students' learning should not be limited to mastering skills that lead to economic output.

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Jan Carson@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s mortifying to be scrambling to fill a bookstore event but that’s the reality. I’m in Scotland and England next week. There are tix left for these events. The London one will be cancelled if I don’t sell some tickets soon so all pre-bookings and help with getting the word out is appreciated.

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Dr. Kersti Powell@kerstipowell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chuffed to bits to have this article on Anna Burns' magnificent novel "Milkman" out in the world! If you're also partial to reading-while-walking, check out ‘Where is my Gogol?’: Milkman’s Russo-Ukrainian contexts: Textual Practice: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access share.google/QrTi0dQfxnoO...

‘Where is my Gogol?’: Milkman’s Russo-Ukrainian contexts

This essay analyses Anna Burns’ Milkman with a particular focus on the novel’s Cold-War-era setting and its intertextual references to Nikolai Gogol, suggesting hitherto unexplored political and in...

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Matthew L Reznicek@drreznicek.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fantastic conversation this morning for a @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview about The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature from @livunipress.bsky.social www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature | Home

Christopher Cusack (Radboud University) has published widely on Irish and Irish-diasporic literature. His monograph The Great Famine in Irish and North American Fiction, 1892-1921 is forthcoming from Liverpool University Press.

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Sarah Davis-Goff@sarahdavisgoff.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Publishing is an industry that has often proclaimed itself to be on the brink of collapse; yet the persistence of books tells a different story.' EXCEPTIONALLY proud of co-Tramp Lisa Coen for this clear-eyed, straight-up introduction to essays on women's writing in Ireland of the last decade

Tramp Press@tramppress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I was really honoured to be asked to contribute an introduction to this excellent collection of essays! It was an eye-opening opportunity to consider how much has changed since we started Tramp Press in 2014.