Twenty years ago Kathryn Scanlan acquired a diary at a public estate auction. It was kept by Cora E. Lacy, an eighty-six-year-old woman living in a small Illinois town, from 1968 to 1972. Scanlan began to compulsively read and reread the stranger’s diary. In the years following she edited, arranged, and rearranged the diarists’ words...

Three of the most exciting contemporary voices on the Irish literary scene come together to discuss their bold and lyrical latest works with fellow writer Rachel Connolly. Irish Women Writers: Wendy Erskine, Gráinne O'Hare, Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin Wendy Erskine is the author of two short story collections, Sweet Home and Dance Move. She was shortlisted...