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Chapter Fifty-Two: Are the movies art or business?
Chapter Fifty-One: The rough reads of Philip Roth
Chapter Fifty-Two: Does history teach us about today?
Chapter Sixty-One: Do dictionaries mirror society?
Chapter Sixty: Is love an invention?
Chapter Fifty-Nine: The good life & John Berryman
Chapter Fifty-Eight: Ian McEwan the godless rationalist
Chapter Fifty-Seven: The memory of Dylan Thomas
Chapter Fifty-Six: Is the past always present?
Chapter Fifty-Five: Susan Sontag & politics of gender
Chapter Fifty-Four: Lee Child & the crafty Jack Reacher
Chapter Fifty-Three: The Blazing World of Siri Hustvedt
Chapter Fifty-Two: The science of the mind
Chapter Fifty: Do fathers disappoint their sons?
Chapter Fifty-One: The moral instant with Anne Michaels
Chapter Forty-Nine: Baileys Prize winner Eimear McBride
Chapter Forty-Eight: The dark history of confession
Chapter Forty-Seven: Who was the real Ernest Hemingway?
Chapter Forty-Six: Revisiting Banville and EM Forster
Chapter Forty-Five: Understanding pain & real stories
Chapter Forty-Four: Is there magic in writing?
Chapter Forty-Three: Can we let go of memory?
Chapter Forty-Two: How were the United States made?
Chapter Forty-One: How do we cope with change?
Chapter Forty: Do we all follow a pattern?
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Is poetry political?
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Why are we fascinated by blood?
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Is there a future for capitalism?
Chapter Thirty-Six: What is the history of the selfie?
Chapter Thirty-Five: Writing from the edge
Chapter Thirty-Four: What's writing like under Putin?
Chapter Thirty-Three: Does love inspire or disrupt art?
Chapter Thirty-Two: how does travel change writing?
Chapter Thirty-One: Atheism & Dublin in Poetry and Song
Chapter Thirty: Literature in life and community
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Learning how to write creatively
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Thrillers and religion in writing
Chapter Twenty-Six: Celebrating Women and Women's Day
Chapter Twenty-Five: the streets of Istanbul
Chapter Twenty-Four: Conjuring fantastical worlds
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Job of a Writer
Chapter Twenty-Two: Writing Popular Histories
Chapter Twenty-One: The Fairy Tales of Orwell and Wilde
Chapter Twenty: Stories of Love and Sorrow
Chapter Nineteen: Painting Fantastical Books Part Three
Chapter Nineteen: Painting Fantastical Books, Part Two
Chapter Nineteen: Painting Fantastical Books, Part One
Chapter Eighteen: Christmas Gathering, Part Three
Chapter Eighteen: Christmas Gathering, Part Two
Chapter Eighteen: Christmas Gathering, Part One
Chapter Seventeen: Ghost writing and re-wilding, Part 2
Chapter Seventeen: Ghost writing and re-wilding, Part 1
Chapter Sixteen: Irish Award-Winners, Part Two
Chapter Sixteen: Irish Award-Winners, Part One
Chapter Fifteen: Re-imagining, religion, & torture, P2
Chapter Fifteen: Re-imagining, religion, & torture, P1
Chapter Fourteen: Canons of English Literature Part Two
Chapter Fourteen: Canons of English Literature Part One
Chapter Thirteen: Writing Cezanne and Savita, Part Two
Chapter Thirteen: Writing Cezanne and Savita, Part One
Chapter Twelve: In the Writers Studio, Part One
Chapter Twelve: In the Writers Studio, Part Two
Chapter Eleven: Spy fiction and adult literacy Part One
Chapter Eleven: Spy fiction and adult literacy Part Two
Chapter Ten: Faith, Memory, and Monsters Part Two
Chapter Ten: Faith, Memory, and Monsters Part One
Chapter Nine: Sickness and Online Learning, Part Two
Chapter Nine: Sickness and Online Learning, Part One
Chapter Eight: From Poems to the Sky, Part Two
Chapter Eight: From Poems to the Sky, Part One
Chapter Seven: Remembering in Words
Chapter Six: Women, Africa, and God
Chapter Three: from the Citadel to the Sea
Chapter Five: The Mysteries of Writing Crime Ficition
Chapter Four: Fear, Sex, and Sharing
Chapter Two: Crossing the Atlantic
Chapter One - So the Story Begins