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Irish Arts Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Ulysses: Second Edition, James Joyce

Ulysses: Second Edition

James Joyce
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

Mufutau Yusuf, the rising Nigerian-Irish dance artist (92Y, La MaMa) who made his NYC choreographic debut with 2022's Òwe, returns to IAC May 4–6 as one of four dancers to traverse the Dublin of James Joyce's ULYSSES in #YesandYes, from @LizRocheCompany > https://t.co/jOYKvSJpfn https://t.co/b8I8hrZ7QX

Paperback, 2022

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, Warren Zanes

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Warren Zanes
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

Writer & musician @WarrenZanes, who can be found playing guitar in Rogue Oliphant at #MuldoonsPicnic, has just released a new book, Deliver Me From Nowhere, which examines the creative process behind @springsteen's Nebraska. Congratulations, Warren 👏👏👏https://t.co/nz3FxSn3TQ

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pied Beauty: A Children's Book, Gerard Manley Hopkins

Pied Beauty: A Children's Book

Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' “Pied Beauty,” which celebrates the disparate nature of existence, visual artist Maud Cotter’s upcoming solo retrospective questions the nature of form and physical reality. Theatre installation opens to the public Jun 2: https://t.co/8Ejov7f1m6 https://t.co/E1ChHxq5Na

Paperback, 2015

$9.50$4.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crazy Dreams, Paul Brady

Crazy Dreams

Paul Brady
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

TICKETS RELEASED: Following his historic 2008 residency, Paul Brady returns to IAC May 18–20 for a special series of performances to celebrate his 76th birthday, the release of his latest studio album Maybe So, and his memoir Crazy Dreams > https://t.co/vqgBy95u5D https://t.co/8cDPHnlikW

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ulysses, James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

Tonight, @LizRocheCompany brings her "incredible choreography" (Irish Times) to the IAC stage for three performances of #YesAndYes, a contemporary dance piece based on James Joyce's Ulysses. Through Saturday🎟️ https://t.co/jOYKvSJpfn https://t.co/wMiYQZVGEl

Paperback, 1990

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, Kim Kelly

Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor

Kim Kelly
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

TONIGHT: the US book launch for FIGHT LIKE HELL, Kim Kelly @GrimKim's revelatory and inclusive history of the American labor movement. The author's in conversation w @SorayaMcDonald, 7pm @POWERHOUSEArena in DUMBO > https://t.co/K3AlEHBdsz @simonschuster https://t.co/5p69lpOPN8

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Worlds, John Kearns

Worlds

John Kearns
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

This afternoon at the @OriginTheatre1 1st Irish Festival Finale brought readings from @KearnsWriter’s new novel, WORLDS, by @elisabethness, Brendan Walsh, John Kearns himself, and featured mesmerizing musical accompaniment by Mary Courtney. https://t.co/DiRb8WGMka

Paperback, 2020

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin

Colum McCann
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

Also signing books at 72nd & Broadway is Colum McCann! Pick up a copy of #LetTheGreatWorldSpin (winner, 2009 National Book Award for fiction) while supplies last. #IACBookDay #GetLit https://t.co/TUF2o0UCEn

Paperback, 2009

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Feel Free: Poems, Nick Laird

Feel Free: Poems

Nick Laird
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

Bill Irwin, @melissaCnavia, @rockyoriordan, @PoetryCrush, @helenajuly and other special guests join #PoetryFest curator Nick Laird and festival poets tmw night to launch our 2022 celebration. Few tickets left for the Favorite Poems reading + after-party > https://t.co/JF4O70jVAK https://t.co/YrqT8OHa8r

Paperback, 2019

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Arts Reviews: And How to Write Them, Celia Brayfield

Arts Reviews: And How to Write Them

Celia Brayfield
Irish Arts CenterIrish Arts Center

“Like Joyce did with words, Roche plays with the infinite choreographic possibilities of movement...A wonderful, dreamlike experience.”—THE ARTS REVIEW #YESANDYES, @LizRocheCompany's contemporary dance piece inspired by ULYSSES, comes to IAC this week > https://t.co/jOYKvSJpfn https://t.co/qN43FSPzkv

Paperback, 2008

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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