2025 Writing Workshops
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Writing Personal Essays in France (retreat and expert workshop)
April 21 - 28, 2025
Join us for a week-long workshop in writing the personal essay at La Muse Retreat Center, southern France.
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Salem Athenaeum, Salem, MA
Spring, 2025
Day and time TBD
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Fiction Writing in Upstate New York (retreat)
July 13 - 18
Join us at the Pyramid Lake Retreat Center.
Writing News and Publications
Writing News! My Fifth Book, Trespassers and Other Stories, coming in March 2025
I'm delighted to announce that my fifth book, "Trespassers and Other Stories" will be published early in March 2025. Watch for news of the book launch.
In this collection of transatlantic fiction, most of my characters are women, so there's some potential appeal for Irish Heritage Month and Women's History Month.
Ireland and Me: A Short Essay
Just came across this old essay of mine, “Ireland and Me” published in the Irish Times and later included in a multi-author e-book of the same title. The essay opens with a man stealing Guinness cans from an Irish Rail dining trolley. It closes with some still-relevant observations about the immigrant experience in America.