Poet Bill Nevins Discusses the Songs and Writings of Larry Kirwin at Irish American Writers Panel at ALA Conference in Boston

 

The  New York-based group,  Irish American Writers and Artists, has organized an academic panel at this year's American Literature Association Conference at Westin Copley Place in Boston's Back Bay.

The panel takes place on Friday, May 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The discussion on "New York's Irish Immigrant Impact: Stories of heroes, villains and rockers," is chaired by Independent Scholar Lori Cassels.  The four papers include:

1. “Payne-ful” Business from NYC to Charleston, my Irish family’s involvement in the slave trades,” Margaret Seidler, Independent Scholar.

2. “Irish Famine Immigrants who worked the Staten Island Marine Hospital and Quarantine Station,” Loretto Leary, Secretary, Ireland’s Hunger Museum of Fairfield.

3.“Catholic Boy: Locating Jim Carroll in Inwood,” Ben Nadler, Widener University.

4."From Wexford to Paradise Square on NYC''s Broadway: Larry Kirwan's Emigrant Literary Journey," Bill Nevins, Independent Scholar.

Originally from New England, Bill Nevins is a poet, songwriter, journalist and activist.  His most recent book is Light Bending: Collected Poems, published by Sligo Creek Publishing. 

Wexford-born Larry Irwin is a well-known figure in music, literature and theater. He led the political rock band Black 47 for 25 years, and conceived and co-write the musical, Paradise Square, which received ten Tony nominations.  His latest novel is Rockin' in the Bronx, published by Fordham University Press.