From the Sin-e Cafe to the Black Hills: Notes on the New Irish - Softcover

Wall, Eamonn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299167240 ISBN 13: 9780299167240

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000

Synopsis

From the Sin-e Cafe to the Black Hills Eamonn Wall arrived in the United States in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish". In this book he comments on his own experiences and those of his generation, who identify as much with contemporary immigrant America as they do with the long-settled Irish American community.Wall's starting point is the now-closed Sin-e Cafe in New York's East... Full description

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Synopsis:

Eamonn Wall arrived in the United States in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish". In this book he comments on his own experiences and those of his generation, who identify as much with contemporary immigrant America as they do with the long-settled Irish American community. Wall's starting point is the now closed Sin-e Cafe in New York's East Village, which was a hangout in the early 1990s for expatriate Irish musicians, actors and writers. He comments on the poetry, fiction, essays, and memories of both the New Irish and Americans of Irish heritage, locating them within a literary and historical context. This is also a deeply personal book in which Wall wrestles with his own identity as an Irishman living in America, from the streets of Manhattan to the western hills of Nebraska.

About the Author:

EAMONN WALL teaches at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is vice-president of the American Conference of Irish Studies and author of "From the Sin-e Cafe to the Black Hills, winner of the Michael J. Durkan Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0299167240
• ISBN 13: 9780299167240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154