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Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín is Stein Visiting Writer at Stanford University. His essay in this issue is based on a lecture he gave at the University of Genoa’s Ford Madox Ford conference.

Selected bibliography

  • Mothers and Sons (2006)
  • The Master (2004)
  • Lady Gregory's Toothbrush (2003)
  • Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodóvar (2002)
  • The Irish Famine: A Documentary by Colm Tóibín and Diarmaid Ferriter (2001)
  • The Blackwater Lightship (1999)
  • The Story of the Night (1997)
  • The Heather Blazing (1995)
  • The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (1995)
  • Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border (1994)
  • The South (1992)
  • Homage to Barcelona (1990)

Contributor’s website: www.colmtoibin.com

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