George O’Brien

George O’Brien is professor emeritus of English at Georgetown University.

Injurious Entanglements

Remembering William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Stories

By George O’Brien | Friday November 25, 2016

The Joyful Music of Poetry

By George O’Brien | Monday May 16, 2016

The Pursuit of Middle Heaven

Missives about sex, love, and the value of really good talk

By George O’Brien | Monday February 29, 2016

Christina Stead’s The Man Who Loved Children

A novel of the spaces within

By George O’Brien | Monday August 17, 2015

Hearts With One Purpose

A revealing group portrait of Ireland’s motley crew of rebels

By George O’Brien | Wednesday March 4, 2015

Jump

By George O’Brien | Monday December 22, 2014

Dean of Satire

A writer’s many masks

By George O’Brien | Friday December 6, 2013

Priestly Powers

A comic writer’s critical eye

By George O’Brien | Thursday September 5, 2013

Risky Journeys

A cautionary tale of quixotic ambition and heroic achievement

By George O’Brien | Friday June 1, 2012

Ireland Revised

Where the Celtic Tiger came from, and where it has gone

By George O’Brien | Sunday June 1, 2008

Injurious Entanglements

By George O’Brien | Friday November 25, 2016

The Joyful Music of Poetry

By George O’Brien | Monday May 16, 2016

The Pursuit of Middle Heaven

By George O’Brien | Monday February 29, 2016

Hearts With One Purpose

By George O’Brien | Wednesday March 4, 2015

Jump

By George O’Brien | Monday December 22, 2014

Dean of Satire

By George O’Brien | Friday December 6, 2013

Priestly Powers

By George O’Brien | Thursday September 5, 2013

Risky Journeys

By George O’Brien | Friday June 1, 2012

Ireland Revised

By George O’Brien | Sunday June 1, 2008

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