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  • 3/23 Brenda Murphy: Fictionalized Family Memoir Reading

    BUSN 204 at 11:00am

    Brenda Murphy is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at UConn. She is the author of twenty books, the most recent being Eugene O’Neill Remembered (2017), a biography in documents. The subject of her talk and reading will be After the Voyage: An Irish American Story (2016), historical fiction based on the experience of her immigrant family in the Boston area from 1870 until the 1930s. Q&A to follow.

    Cosponsors: ENGLISH DEPTARTMENT SPEAKER FUND & IRISH STUDIES

    This event is followed by the ISA's related Irish Studies Colloquium of Ongoing Research, Stern Lounge (AUST) from 12:30-2:00PM (3/23) featuring graduate students Sarah Berry, Mollie Kervick, and Matthew Shelton. Light refreshments will be served. Brian.sneeden@uconn.edu for COR details.

    Both events FREE & OPEN TO ALL


    For more information, contact: Mary Burke at mary.burke@uconn.edu