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Colm Tóibín

Born

in Enniscorthy, Ireland

May 30, 1955

Website

http://www.colmtoibin.com/

Genre

Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Nonfiction

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Colm Tóibín FRSL, is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet. Tóibín is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in Manhattan and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester.

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Mandel Lectures in the Humanities – Between Heaven and Harlem: James Baldwin's Beginnings

Date: Thu, 31/03/2022 - 16:30 Venue: Brandeis University, Mandel Center for the Humanities, G03

The goal of the Mandel Lectures in the Humanities is to promote the study of the humanities at Brandeis University. The series launched in 2011, following the 2010 opening of the Mandel Center for the Humanities.

Link: Mandel Lectures

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Average rating: 3.77 · 306,906 ratings · 36,405 reviews · 214 distinct works • Similar authors

	Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 133,611 ratings — published 2009 — 135 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 41,247 ratings — published 2024 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nora Webster 3.62 avg rating — 21,585 ratings — published 2014 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magician 4.02 avg rating — 17,173 ratings — published 2021 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Testament of Mary 3.65 avg rating — 17,568 ratings — published 2012 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,172 ratings — published 2004 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Names 3.57 avg rating — 9,507 ratings — published 2017 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blackwater Lightship 3.92 avg rating — 7,467 ratings — published 1999 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shortest Day 3.78 avg rating — 3,441 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Night 3.88 avg rating — 2,846 ratings — published 1996 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Eilis Lacey (2 books)
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While some tales are old as time, every so often a writer comes along with a fresh take that can make us see a familiar story in a completely...

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Life After Life

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5 votes, 45.5%

The Master

Colm Tóibín

4 votes, 36.4%

State of Wonder

Ann Patchett

2 votes, 18.2%

Forever

Pete Hamill

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The Invisible Circus

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A Thousand Acres

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