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Being something of a smart aleck, I’ve sometimes joked that while I may look white, actually I’m Irish. All eight of my great-grandparents were born there. Indeed, there was a

Being something of a smart aleck, I’ve sometimes joked that while I may look white, actually I’m Irish.

What follows is a story from my current book project--Nice Work if You Can Get It: Lessons and Stories from a Lifetime in the Classroom. It's a bit longer than my usual blog posts, but it is very appropriate for Labor Day. I guarantee you'll enjoy it!

Irish musician Hozier is often lauded as an ethereal long-haired Celtic hottie who makes sexy, sad music, but dig a little deeper and you’ll uncover a powerful, political artist.

Moral considerations must inform clear policy

Hozier is being buried alive. Dirt covers his face, scatters across his eyes, until only his mouth is visible, a daisy clenched between his bared teeth. To the average onlooker, it’s an alarming sight to behold.

(Island)<br>The Irish singer-songwriter draws on some classic literary sources for his entrancing but overlong third album

The great satirist, Flann O’Brien, did not live to see his most famous book in print. The Third Policeman may have been written years before, but it was only published in 1967, a year after the writer’s death. It is now seen as a landmark work in Irish literature.

What strategies do fiction writers use when writing about contemporary affairs, and how effective are they?

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