Back in 2011 I wrote a piece reflecting on the seasons. The recording featured close to 40 great musicians, notably the great violinist Mark Fewer. In welcoming Spring I'll post a link to the piece here. Spring is the first season. Enjoy. https://t.co/e8m3xzRo5w

— Phil Dwyer C.M., J.D. (@PhilipRDwyer) March 21, 2019

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Finally got to write about Tony Hoagland, the late, great, controversial, and very funny American poet. https://t.co/dS5mxDIbmH

— Ian Brown (@BrownoftheGlobe) February 3, 2019

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Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more https://t.co/CD6hRVj0LR

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) February 3, 2019

“My Life” by Anton Chekhov (1896). This is Chekhov’s longest short story and one of the very few he wrote in the first-person singular. It’s the autobiography of a young man in provincial Russia struggling to live up to his lofty ideals and being brought down by life’s random contingencies. I actually adapted “My Life” for a play and know it intimately. If you could only read a single Chekhov story then this is the one: all his gifts and genius – the wry, dark comedy of his voice, his unique angle on the human condition, his refusal to judge – are contained in it. William Boyd

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Montreal author Rawi Hage on freedom, extinction and his new novel, Beirut Hellfire Society /via @globeandmail https://t.co/seyBcThdKL

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) January 13, 2019

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My review of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan review https://t.co/lh6H3FJtWF

— Arifa (@Arifa_Akbar) August 21, 2018

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Dublin pubs 1975

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Craig Davidson double bill

CBC books : The Saturday Night Ghost Club. When neurosurgeon Jake Baker operates, he knows he's handling more than a patient's delicate brain tissue — he's altering their seat of consciousness, their golden vault of memory. And memory, Jake knows well, can be a tricky thing... More.

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Reading and viewing highlights 2018

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Merry Christmas to me!

Fifteen Dogs | CBC Books https://t.co/wltKGrQSWo

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) January 18, 2019

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Paris, je t'aime (21 June 2006 (France)) - https://t.co/Kk6rSTiJyH

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) August 28, 2018

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Listening to —

Drinking —

2017

1965 Irish trad opera set in O’Donoghue’s Pub, starring The Dubliners
More at Publin.ie

DAVID HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS TRAILER https://t.co/PXP3nz4Wq6 via @YouTube

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) October 13, 2017