tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post2794045808302109703..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAYLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-81156789413667969372010-08-02T15:14:30.344-04:002010-08-02T15:14:30.344-04:00Charlie,
Great to get your comment and coming from...Charlie,<br />Great to get your comment and coming from a scholar like you I have to concede. But the reality is, my poetry (and plays for that matter) or Winch's doesn't and may never have as big an audience as McCourt's writing so if that's the only place the kids get their understanding of Irish and Irish-American history from, I guess I'll try to make the best of it!Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-5830827990771614282010-08-02T12:13:22.877-04:002010-08-02T12:13:22.877-04:00Dear Michael,
I can't think that McCourt's...Dear Michael,<br />I can't think that McCourt's perspective is good for much, though I'm basing this on his books. I haven't seen the show. And I hope you're wrong about the future of knowledge accession, though we are indeed swimming upstream against a river of shit. (As somebody said recently, it's not attention deficit but attention that's the new disorder.) No one can tell me that there's a better way, for example, to understand northern NJ Irishness than "South Orange Sonnets." And as for I-A wit, give me Terence Patrick and Bill Maher any day. The McCourts just ain't in it. Greetings, and I hope you are well.<br />Charlie FanningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-16758130373884418522010-07-15T22:02:16.280-04:002010-07-15T22:02:16.280-04:00Dear M:
It was great to see you & the younger ...Dear M:<br />It was great to see you & the younger Mr. Lally last night. I share your take on the production's strengths & weaknesses, but, all in all, I think it's worth seeing.<br />Up Galway!<br />yrs,<br />TPWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com