Read This: The Long Ireland of Colm Tóibín
April 5, 2025
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Episode 1524 · April 5, 2025
Read This: The Long Ireland of Colm Tóibín
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<p>Colm Tóibín is regarded as one of Ireland’s greatest authors — and for good reason. With a career spanning 30 years and 11 award-winning novels under his belt, Colm is beloved both at home and abroad. In his latest book, <em>Long Island</em>, Tóibín returns to familiar territory with a sequel to 2009’s best-selling <em>Brooklyn</em>. On this episode of <em>Read This</em>, he and Michael discuss what it means to write a sequel, the importance of James Baldwin’s writing, and, of course, Costco.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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