Just in time for Christmas, Netflix has produced a 30 minute animated movie based on a Frank McCourt’s story rooted in his memoir Angela’s Ashes. Entitled Angela’s Christmas, the sentimental cartoon may well earn its place alongside Charlie Brown’s Christmas and The Year Without a Santa Claus when it comes to future holiday favorites. Angela’s ChristmasRead more..
Above, left to right: Writers Brendan Costello, Mary Pat Kelly, John Kearns, Emily Ren, and Malachy McCourt. Ren was awarded the Frank McCourt Literary Prize in June, presented annually to a graduating senior who demonstrates an outstanding potential to be a writer. The Frank McCourt High School of Writing, Journalism and Literature is a screened-admissionsRead more..
Frank McCourt High School first graduating class head to college. Best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt also worked as a New York City public school educator, including 15 years as a teacher of English and creative writing at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan until his retirement inRead more..
Showcasing the Irish and Irish-American experience on stage for 23 years. Let us now praise the Irish Repertory Theater, New York, and congratulate founders Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director, as they receive the 2011 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish American Writers and Artists. The award is given annuallyRead more..
Writers Tom Cahill, Colum McCann, and Peter Quinn paid tribute to Frank McCourt following his passing on July 19, 2009. HOW FRANK SAVED CIVILIZATION By Thomas Cahill The first time I met Frank I knew nothing of Angela’s Ashes. It hadn’t been published yet; and though many writers will regale you with disquisitions on theirRead more..
Frank, famed author of Angela’s Ashes, wrote this piece for Irish America’s 20th anniversary issue. We ran it again in July 2009 when Frank passed over into the great theater in the sky. Happy 90th Birthday, Frank. We miss you. Jim Sheridan came over to my table at the Lion’s Head bar and asked ifRead more..
And how one thing led to another… Jim Sheridan came over to my table at the Lion’s Head Bar and asked if I’d be interested in acting in a new play by a young man from Belfast, Terry George. Jim was artistic director at the Irish Arts Center and I knew him from my timeRead more..
The author of such works as Rachel’s Holiday and Sushi for Beginners talks to Siobhán Tracey about her new book set in L.A. ℘℘℘ Anyone who has ever read one of Marian Keyes’ novels will already have an impression of the author’s irrepressible sense of fun, which finds humor in situations not obviously funny. And in theRead more..
Frank McCourt has been giving accent coaching to veteran American actor Paul Newman. After a dinner one night, Paul told Frank that he was playing an Irish character and would like some `accent’ coaching. It was arranged that Paul would visit Frank at his apartment where Frank proceeded to read Paul’s lines into a recorder.Read more..
In his book Danny Boy – The Beloved Irish Ballad to be published in March, well-known Irish-American writer Malachy McCourt offers an explication of the history, facts and myths surrounding the well-loved Irish air. McCourt explains that “Danny Boy” is unique in that people are willing to overlook a bad rendition if the singer is earnest and theRead more..