...Irish America, Fanning written and edited a number of books, including Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The Chicago Years (1978), The Irish Voice in America: 250 Years of Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed., 2000), The Exiles of Erin: Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Fiction (2nd ed., 1997), New Perspectives on the Irish Diaspora (2000), and James T. Farrell's Chicago Stories (1998). He received the SIUC Outstanding Scholar Award in 2004. Iris current project is tentatively titled A Hidden Flowering: Irish-American Culture in the Depression Era.

IRISH STUDIES IRISH FILM SERIES

The Boston College Irish Film Series marks its seventh year in March with a number of highly acclaimed contemporary films. Once again Irish Studies is working with Reel Ireland, part of the Irish Film Institute in Dublin, to showcase the best in new Irish film. This year's features include Payee Lackeen, The Front Line, Once, Small Engine Repair, and 32A..

BURNS SCHOLAR

John Deane is the Bums Library Scholar in Irish Studies this semester. Born on Achill Island, Co. Mayo in 1943, Deane is the author of four translations and five books of fiction, but is best known-for his six collections of poetry, most recently Manhandling the Deity (Carcanet Press, 2003). Deane founded Ireland's national poetry society, Poetry Ireland, in 1978 and, in 1985, Deane...

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