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Fun Facts: Oscar Wilde
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Fun Facts Friday: Oscar Wilde

Man of la BookOctober 16, 2020

Oscar Wilde ((16, October 1854 – 30, November 1900) was an Irish poet, social activist, and playwright, famous for his writings as he was lifestyle.

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Fun Facts Friday: Ciarán Carson
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Fun Facts Friday: Ciarán Carson

Man of la BookOctober 9, 2020

Ciarán Gerard Carson (9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was an award winning writer and poet from Northern Ireland.

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Book Review: The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong
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Book Review: The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

Man of la BookJuly 13, 2020

Instead we get different view points of what made Mr. Hearn’s voice so memorable to his fans, through tales from the women who fell by the wayside, but have had as much an impact on the writer as he had on himself.

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Fun Facts Friday: C.S. Lewis
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Fun Facts Friday: C.S. Lewis

Man of la BookNovember 29, 2019

C.S. Lewis (29, November 1898 – 22, November 1963) was an Irish writer and academic, mostly known for his book The Screwtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narni

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Fun Facts Friday: Bram Stoker
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Fun Facts Friday: Bram Stoker

Man of la BookNovember 8, 2019

Bram Stoker (8 November, 1847 – 20 April, 1912) was an Irish, born in Dublin, author and theater manager who is best known for his 1897 classic novel – Dracula.

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Fun Facts Friday: William Trevor
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Fun Facts Friday: William Trevor

Man of la BookMay 24, 2019

William Trevor (24 May, 1928 – 20 November, 2016) was a playwright and novelist from Ireland. Books by William Trevor* Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, as William Trevor Cox to a middle class family, Mr. Trevor graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with […]

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Fun Facts Friday: Lady Augusta Gregory
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Fun Facts Friday: Lady Augusta Gregory

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2019

Lady Augusta Gregory (15 March, 1852 – 22 May, 1932) was a folklorist, drama writer and theater manager from Ireland. Described “the greatest living Irishwoman”

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Fun Facts Friday: Jonathan Swift
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Fun Facts Friday: Jonathan Swift

Man of la BookNovember 30, 2018

Jonathan Swift was an English satirist, essayist, poet, and pamphleteer. Mr. Swift is remembered for his prose and satire in works like Gulliver’s Travels.

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Book Review: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
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Book Review: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor

Man of la BookOctober 18, 2018

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor tells of Grace Darling, a celebrated heroine, and her ancestor a hundred years later.

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Fun Facts Friday: Shelby Foote
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Fun Facts Friday: Shelby Foote

Man of la BookNovember 17, 2017

Shelby Foote (17 November, 1916 – 27 June, 2005) was an American historian and novelist known for his landmark work on the American Civil War.

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