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Anne Enright describing a retired couple: "They rubbed against each other until they had rubbed themselves away."

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Anne Enright describing a retired couple: "They rubbed against each other until they had rubbed themselves away."

#books #reading #AnneEnright #IrishBooks #IrishLit #IrishLiterature

This was on the shelf for years and I resisted it even though I love Anne Enright because the cover made me think it was a sassy city-office comedy, which I was never in the mood for.

It's not that at all, but it is (patchily) great. And it's not a bad cover, just unsuitable, I think.

#books #reading #AnneEnright #IrishBooks #IrishLit #IrishLiterature #BookCovers #BookDesign

This was on the shelf for years and I resisted it even though I love Anne Enright because the cover made me think it was a sassy city-office comedy, which I was never in the mood for.

It's not that at all, but it is (patchily) great. And it's not a bad cover, just unsuitable, I think.

#books #reading #AnneEnright #IrishBooks #IrishLit #IrishLiterature #BookCovers #BookDesign

Unheaded, unlookedfor, unremembered, unwooded: an alphabet of un- words in "Ulysses"
https://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2013/12/the-un-words-in-ulysses.html

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Unheaded, unlookedfor, unremembered, unwooded: an alphabet of un- words in "Ulysses"
https://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2013/12/the-un-words-in-ulysses.html

#words #books #Ulysses #literature #JamesJoyce #IrishLit #IrishLiterature

James Joyce once calculated that he spent almost 20,000 hours writing Ulysses

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James Joyce once calculated that he spent almost 20,000 hours writing Ulysses

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Big news coming very soon! Make sure to keep an eye on your emails for our next newsletter. Get ready for #Octocon2025

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My first review of 2025, A Fix of Light by Kel Menton, coming out February 6th. Loved this little gem of a book. Check out my review:

https://markkieltywriter.com/2025/01/06/book-review-a-fix-of-light-by-kel-menton/

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My first review of 2025, A Fix of Light by Kel Menton, coming out February 6th. Loved this little gem of a book. Check out my review:

https://markkieltywriter.com/2025/01/06/book-review-a-fix-of-light-by-kel-menton/

#LGBTQ #Fantasy #IrishFolklore @littleislandbks #Octobooks #Octocon #MastoDaoine #YA #IrishLit