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New York Revisited (1992), Shaun O’Connell Nov 2015

New York Revisited (1992), Shaun O’Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

The works discussed in this article include: City of the World: New York and Its People, by Bernie Bookbinder; New York, New York, by Oliver E. Allen; New York Intellect: A History of Intellectual Life in New York City, from 1750 to the Beginnings of Our Own Time, by Thomas Bender; The Heart of the World, by Nik Cohn; The Art of the City: Views and Versions of New York, by Peter Conrad; After Henry, by Joan Didion; Literary New York: A History and Guide, by Susan Edmiston and Linda D. Cirino; Our …


Good-Bye To All That: The Rise And Demise Of Irish America (1993), Shaun O’Connell Nov 2015

Good-Bye To All That: The Rise And Demise Of Irish America (1993), Shaun O’Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

The works discussed in this article include: The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley 1874-1958, by Jack Beatty; JFK: Reckless Youth, by Nigel Hamilton; Textures of Irish America, by Lawrence J. McCaffrey; and Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, by James M. O'Toole.

Reprinted from New England Journal of Public Policy 9, no. 1 (1993), article 9.


Home And Away: Imagining Ireland Imagining America (2013), Shaun O’Connell Nov 2015

Home And Away: Imagining Ireland Imagining America (2013), Shaun O’Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

From the 2013 Editor's Note by Padraig O'Malley: Shaun O’Connell has lost none of his touch. In “Home and Away: Imagining Ireland Imagining America,” O’Connell juxtaposes two novels: Alice McDermott’s Charming Billy (1998) and Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn (2009) and reveals the parallels and contrasts that enrich the discussion of Irish and Irish American identities. Toibin, an Irish writer, would have us see an America, land of the free, as an open, inviting place but exacting in redeeming promises made; McDermott, an American writer, portrays an Ireland that is magical, a little bit of heaven, but finally a closed and bitter …


Volume 57, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff Aug 2015

Volume 57, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

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Real, Shannon Mcglade Aug 2015

Real, Shannon Mcglade

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Volume 47, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff Aug 2015

Volume 47, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

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The Salvation Of Elliot Walker, Martha Moldt Aug 2015

The Salvation Of Elliot Walker, Martha Moldt

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Volume 24, Issue 4: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff Jun 2015

Volume 24, Issue 4: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

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The Guiding Hand, Patricia Anne Moriarity Jun 2015

The Guiding Hand, Patricia Anne Moriarity

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Volume 13, Issue 3: Full Issue Jan 2015

Volume 13, Issue 3: Full Issue

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