Tag Archives: homelessness

Dublin in the Drizzle

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

The 2018 winner of the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year award is Manus Boyle Tobin. His short story “Drizzle on the Windscreen” is a single sentence narrative about a homeless Dublin taxi driver. Tobin has said that his … Continue reading →

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Bibliotheques Dangereuses

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

For those of us who know and love Paris as visitors, the 18th arrondissement conjures images of the atmospheric, hilly streets of Montmartre or the grandeur of the Basilica of Sare-Coeur. The reality of the district is far from our … Continue reading →

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