“Oh, you Irish—you’re such MAR-velous storytellers”

April 13, 2014 | 1 book mentioned

The Testament of Mary author Colm Tóibín was interviewed as part of the President’s Reading Series at Johns Hopkins University, and he spoke about the difference between “being a reader, and being an Irish reader.”

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