This week, guest Mairead Kiernan shares the tale of Maeve Brennan.  Maeve was a glamourous and troubled writer who wrote for the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. A combination of Carrie Bradshaw, Nora Ephron and Grey Gardens, Maeve has seen a recent resurgence of popularity in Irish literary circles.  Listen to this week's episode to find out more.

Notes/ References

Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker; Angela Bourke, 2016;

The Visitor; Maeve Brennan, 2001 published by New Island Press;

Yvonnejerrold.com: Robert Brennan  1881-1964;

Irish America: The Troubled Life of Meave Brennan;

County Wexford 1916 Commemorative Website: Una Brennan; 

The New Yorker: Page Turner, A Maeve Brennan Revival?;

The Irish Times: Maeve Brennan podcast with her biographer Angela Bourke;

The New Yorker: Roddy Doyle reads Life without Children.

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