"Padraic Colum’s death made front-page news in the New York Times in 1972, while F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway feared his wife Mary’s rapier wit." Eugene O'Neill hosted the couple in 1924. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... #fscottfitzgerald #eugeneoneill #withallthatwebothmean

The five-decade love story of a forgotten Irish literary power couple

Padraic Colum’s death made front-page news in the New York Times in 1972, while F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway feared his wife Mary’s rapier wit

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Flappers in Ireland - Down with that sort of thing! "The jazz spirit – in everything as well as in dancing – is responsible for whatever decadence there is in the country. " - 17 March 1928, Lecture at the Dublin Literary Society manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181794/

"It is of course the story of Mayo, of a dispossessed people, long ridiculed and perhaps even scorned and yet……one fine morning. Mayo were always the ‘old money’ who had fallen on leaner times ..." #thegreatgatsby www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar...

The football summer of 2026 will forever be remembered as the summer of Kobe and Mayo

A surreal summer when a boy of prodigious talent rises from the ashes out west, messianic like but a messiah with an end date in sight.

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The Gatsby Connection "Two pieces of information – one from a recent scholarly account and the other from my own casual research – have helped me consider a line of thought about who inspired Gatsby." - James Rodgers, Irish Echo Newspaper www.irishecho.com/2026/6/the-g...

The Gatsby connection

Part 1 Jay Gatsby is one of literature’s most iconic figures. He’s thought of, too, as one who’s quintessentially American — being self-made and re...

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Anna Christie - BBC Drama of the Week "A young woman arrives on the New York waterfront seeking the father who abandoned her. O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning masterpiece asks whether the past can ever truly be left behind." Adapted by Lucy Catherine. #eugeneoneill www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio 4 - Drama of the Week, Anna Christie

Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning drama of love, lies and the sea.

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Gráinne Hurley (Gratefully and Affectionately: Mary Lavin and The New Yorker) and Patrick O’Sullivan Greene (Gatsby: Death of an Irishman) in conversation with Irish Times journalist @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social Free Event! #marylavin #fscottfitzgerald #thegreatgatsby #Killarney #irishamerica250

Under the Red, White and Blue On the day The Great Gatsby goes to print a tortured F. Scott Fitzgerald fights his demons. Free Event! Tickets: killarney.ie/summer-in-ki... #fscottfitzgerald #thegreatgatsby #SummerInKillarney #discoverkerry #IrishAmerica250

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE Musical to Make NY Theatre Festival Debut Colby Thompson's F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation will be staged at Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side. www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broa...

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE Musical to Make NY Theatre Festival Debut

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, a musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's autobiographical novel with book, music, and lyrics by Colby Thompson, will play NY Theatre Festival at Teatro LATEA on the Lower E...

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Fascinating insight into F. Scott Fitzgerald's stay at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C. "[He] visited the Grove Park Inn during the summers of 1935 and 1936. He came to Asheville to overcome an addiction to gin and find inspiration for his stagnant writing career." www.c-span.org/clip/vignett...

The Streets of the West Village. Great Bowery Boys episode, briefly featuring Eugene O'Neill, the Provincetown Players and, of course, the Hudson Dusters.

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Next on the Bowery Boys Podcast: We're getting lost in the West Village. First episode in this new limited series arrives Friday.

SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE - Jay McInerney I had the surreal experience of talking to Jay McInerney on the streets of New York on a balmy evening last June, while he held my book which had been presented to him by The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/s...

Aging in a Brightly Lit, Big City

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Why The Great Gatsby is the world's most misunderstood novel. @hephzibah.bsky.social, BBC Culture bbc.com/culture/arti...

'No one had the slightest idea what the book was about': Why The Great Gatsby is the world's most misunderstood novel

F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is synonymous with glitz and glamour but this is just one of many myths that have surrounded the book since its first publication in April 1925.

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"America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true." James T. Farrell, Irish-American author of the Studs Lonigan trilogy. #America250

An emotional and powerful video about an early tragedy in the life of Seán Lemass, one of Ireland's most popular and innovative leaders and 16-year-old volunteer in the GPO. The story is covered in Seán Lemass: The Lost Memoir by @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social youtu.be/1CGq28BnJBY?...

Seán Lemass's secret tragedy

YouTube video by Ronan McGreevy

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"Pearce’s steadfast presence in the film allows Fitzgerald to feel fully realized enough for the two characters interacting with him to grow in their interactions with him. It’s small, but still satisfying and integral, role."

Midwest Film Journal@midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My Guy — a series rooted in Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) appreciation for and analysis of the works of Guy Pearce — continues with a look at Pearce's brief but pivotal role as F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Thomas Wolfe biopic GENIUS. midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/03/10/m...

This Side of Paradise, a musical, makes its debut at the New York Theater Festival this July. The role of Amory Blaine - "introspective and self-absorbed son of a wealthy family, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald" - has already been cast. playbill.com/job/actors-s...

Two different political views on American identity: A nation of immigrants, or a nation of settlers and frontiers people, with the Irish caught in the middle. F. Scott Fitzgerald identified as a settler with a reference in The Great Gatsby. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

The modern face of Irish America

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

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Based on his section on Éamon de Valera in America, "his presence was clearly becoming disastrous", this new book by @jameshawes.bsky.social should make a good read.

Old Street Publishing@oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 7mo ago

James Hawes's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF IRELAND is out today in hardback. After his acclaimed histories of Germany and England, James Hawes now turns his attention to Ireland, reaching beyond the clichés to tell a dramatic new story.

The Editor Who Helped Build a Golden Age of American Letters "... in 1951 [Malcolm] Cowley put together Scribner’s Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, which brought into relief all the depth beneath the champagne frivolity." newrepublic.com/article/2055... via @newrepublic.com

The Editor Who Helped Build a Golden Age of American Letters

Malcolm Cowley championed Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey—and elevated the status of American writing.

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Meet the Classic American Novel That Would Be a Box Office Hit If Hollywood Would Finally Adapt It screenrant.com/classic-amer... @screenrant.bsky.social #thissideofparadise #amoryblaine

Meet the Classic American Novel That Would Be a Box Office Hit If Hollywood Would Finally Adapt It

This classic American novel needs a film adaption.

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“Think about Heathcliff who was brought from Liverpool and speaks a sort of gibberish,” said Elsie Michie, a professor of English at Louisiana State University. “The description of Heathcliff conforms almost exactly to the caricatures of the Irish.”

Esther Zuckerman@ezwrites.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wrote about Heathcliff www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Who are the Founding Fathers and Mothers of American Culture? A brilliant BBC Front Row podcast exploring the key figures who shaped American literature, music, visual art and theatre. open.spotify.com/episode/5V7a... Producer: @elianeglaser.bsky.social #America250 #IrishAmerica250

Who are the Founding Fathers and Mothers of American Culture?

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"When F Scott Fitzgerald’s Christmas wish came true The Pat Hobby stories about a washed-up writer in Hollywood were written to make money fast — they are also the final flowering of Fitzgerald’s eccentric genius." www.ft.com/content/dfe8...

When F Scott Fitzgerald’s Christmas wish came true

The Pat Hobby stories about a washed-up writer in Hollywood were written to make money fast — they are also the final flowering of Fitzgerald’s eccentric genius

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“I'd love to give Michael Collins a go ... if you reinvestigate his life and do a different film about it, I'd love to be involved.” - Paul Mescal Crowdfunding the Revolution (book) and My Generation (script) - Ready! The West Wing meets Peaky Blinders! youtube.com/shorts/i4W4p...

Paul Mescal admits he'd love to play Michael Collins

YouTube video by Irish Independent

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“I wanted to write a story that was a little bit like Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a little bit of Gatsby thrown in there and a few other books that I was thinking of.” Colum McCann talking with @winterlegs.bsky.social www.mtpr.org/podcast/the-...

Cable guy Colum McCann on connectivity, brokenness, and things left unsaid in ‘Twist’

In advance of his appearance in Livingston, Montana—as a guest of Elk River Arts & Lectures on January 23, 2026, at the Livingston Elks Lodge—novelist Colum McCann discusses the many themes and narrat...

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Irish Times review of The Red Branch. I like ‘picaresque’, haven’t come across the word since 2nd year English. Big thanks to Brian and Elizabeth.

Shane Leslie invited F. Scott Fitzgerald to visit Bourke Cockran’s opulent estate, his first exposure to the great houses clustered on Long Island and the lavish lifestyles of their owners. Cockran was a mentor to Winston Churchill, Leslie’s first cousin. www.irishecho.com/2026/1/the-g...

The Gifted Speaker from Sligo

Rediscovering William Bourke Cockran, Irish-born orator who inspired Churchill By Harry Keaney SLIGO --- In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...

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Here’s your first look at Hannah Corneau recording 'Built to Last' from the Beautiful Little Fool concept album - streaming now on all platforms ✨ The world premiere production begins 15 January, starring David Hunter, Hannah Corneau, and Lauren Ward. Southwark Playhouse Borough | 15 Jan - 28 Feb

'Built to Last' | Beautiful Little Fool | 15 January - 28 February

YouTube video by Southwark Playhouse

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Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’ - Cannonball hosted by Wesley Morris Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/p...

Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’

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'I re-read The Great Gatsby – among others – all the time, and every time I do, I’m amazed by how much the authors are layering in there, despite how short the books are.’ Susan Choi, author of Flashlight, Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... #fscottfitzgerald

The Booker Prize 2025 longlisted authors on the books they reread again and again | The Booker Prizes

If you’re looking for great fiction to re-visit over the Christmas and New Year break, take a look at what the authors nominated for the Booker Prize 2025 recommend

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