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kevin barry

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  • Notable Online

Notable Online: 1/17–1/23

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 17, 2021
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 1/10–1/16

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 10, 2021
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/14–9/20

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 14, 2019
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Treatment and Healing

  • Kyle Williams
  • August 15, 2016
Treatment sometimes looks like hospitalization in an overcrowded psych ward and medication that can dissolve personality. Over at American Short Fiction, Jenna Kahn writes about the depiction of mental illness…
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Greatest Hits of the Heart

  • Stephanie Bento
  • December 30, 2015
Patience. Curiosity. Repetition. Looking again and again. Not imposing a story line. Letting composition emerge through pattern, rhythm, shape, sound, movement. Occasionally … you hit upon a moment of grace.…
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The Human Voice to the Rescue

  • Jake Slovis
  • December 9, 2015
At the Atlantic, Joe Fassler speaks with author Kevin Barry about the future of fiction. According to Barry, the “best hope” for building interest in fiction in a world “distracted” by…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • December 16, 2013
Having a social life on weekends is fun, but what if you missed our killer Rumpus weekend features?! No worries, we’ve collected them for you here. On Saturday, Shawn Andrew…
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Saturday Book Review: Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry

  • Shawn Andrew Mitchell
  • December 14, 2013
Shawn Andrew Mitchell reviews Kevin Barry's DARK LIES THE ISLAND today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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The Rumpus Interview with Kevin Barry

  • Sean Carman
  • December 12, 2013
Irish writer Kevin Barry sits down for a chat about life in County Sligo, not knowing what your stories are about until years after you've written them, and the summer he spent in a camping trailer on a West Cork beach.
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