Neither Hogwarts nor "Catcher in the Rye," this captures the "de-dreamification" of being a boy of fourteen and a teache...

I like dystopias. Or I like books about them. I don't like smartphones. But I feel it's inevitable that I must use one and that wil...

This veteran Irish American band merges traditional with folk tunes. Fourteen years on, they provide consistent, accessible interpretations ...

Wire's now at version 3.5. Bruce Gilbert's departure after his low profile on the e.p. "Read & Burn 3" (which this res...

This CD-DVD celebrates forty years of this Danish trio’s folk music. Their waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, and Danish selections show their inter...

Thiomaint muid go gContae na Sierra an mhí seo níos luath ar ár turas aeraíochta. Ní fhaca mé ionad sin i bhfad uait riamh. Mar sin, ní raib...

Jason Siff advises “what to do when the instructions get in the way.” That is, for both beginning and experienced meditation students, he en...

This condenses neo-atheist arguments efficiently if briskly. It sums up secular humanism. It prefaces longer works by Richard Dawkins, Chris...

Ancient Celtic myths tell of vengeful thieves, backstabbing comrades, inebriated thugs, and wicked women. This collection brings characters...

"The world has fallen asunder" in Dublin still paralyzed. Many readers appear to be disappointed by this follow-up, but I liked it...

Bhí banna ceoil áitiúla, Spréachaí na Coille Trá. Tá dlúthdhiosca dara agam duinn ann. Tá ainmnithe "Bhí muid crannaí fadó ann." ...

A solid rock: thrown, dusty, thudding like adobe. Clean & consistent? For a Fall record, is this praise? Indeed. The production's sn...

We left for our semi-annual road trip north with what's become a ritual. This time, after a few hours on the freeway, we departed, found...

Can Irish sexuality free itself from the criminal evidence, the violent expression, the caricatured reaction? Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, a...