Culann’s Hound 5: Advent
Near the top of the list of places I want to visit is Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland, where nine …
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Culann’s Hound 4: Short Haired Girl
When I was a student, I had friends who were members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, which is “dedicated …
Culann’s Hound 3: Poor Creature
Ireland is full of Neolithic monuments, structures dating from long before the arrival of the Celts with their Indo-European language, …
Culann’s Hound 2: The Man of Light
Talking about palaeography (the study of ancient handwriting) at parties is unwise. It renders most people somnolent before you reach …
Culann’s Hound 1: Daughter of Danu
Danu is the mother of the Irish gods, whose collective name is Tuatha De Danann, “Tribes of Danu.” In my story, …
The Women of Culann’s Hound: Coming Soon
How did this book come about? It is soon told. I read the Irish sagas of the Ulster cycle for …
Should I Read Them?
NB: Zombie posts today and Friday, while we are in New York! Do you have a bedside table or bookshelf …
The Libertine Belles 14: The Tooth Fairy
Coffee bars, like restaurants, develop a specialized slang vocabulary to describe the product (and the customers). According to this article …
Fear of Flying (1973)
If semi-autobiographical confessions with explicit sexual content are no longer shocking, it is in large part thanks to Philip Roth and …
Sword Dance 8: A Perpetual Feast of Nectar’d Spirits
In real life, reading a papyrus involves a great deal of meticulous work. Yet it is every bit as exciting as you might imagine: …
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