The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans by Juliene Osborne-McKnight
From 3800 B.C. to the twentieth century, this comprehensive history examines the course of Irish-Americans. Celtic legends, the evolution of Christianity, the coming of the Vikings, and the time of the Tudors are just some of the topics covered in these pages. Juilene […]
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body
On an island […]
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
From the National Book Award–winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin comes an epic novel rooted in the unlikely real-life friendship between two fathers.
Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their lives, from the roads they are […]
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Frances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, they meet a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into […]
Booker Prize shortlist (1990)
Guinness Peat Aviation Award (1990)- The judge for that year was John Updike.
The Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literary Award (1991)
The novel is set in County Leitrim in the rural midlands of Republic of Ireland. The story spans a period of twenty years in the middle of the twentieth century. It centres on Michael Moran, […]
“These brilliant essays read as if Gleeson has made a vow to her readers to illuminate what it means to live in a human body–for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health–all the days of her life. Come for the dark jokes and existential dread. Stay for the beauty […]
This is the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish with English translations. It forms a sequel to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella’s pioneering anthology, An Duanaire 1600-1900 / Poems of the Dispossessed (1981), but features many more poems in covering the work of 26 poets from the 20th century. It includes […]
“A richly absorbing and emotionally abundant play…An instant classic.” –Independent
“A mighty affair, sending stories, characters, history, politics and love skittering across the floor with the flair of a gambler rolling dice. It’s a stunning piece of writing: teeming with life; haunted by death…Butterworth takes the great family drama and makes it his own.” –Financial Times
“An […]
Irish Book of the Year Finalist!
An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far pick!
A whimsical, touching debut about loneliness, friendship and hope…
Vivian doesn’t feel like she fits in – and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was “left by fairies.” Now, living alone in Dublin, […]
With a career that spanned more than half a century, William Trevor is regarded as one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. Now, in Last Stories, the master storyteller delivers ten exquisitely rendered tales-nine of which have never been published in book form-that illuminate the human condition and will surely […]
“Searing, searching, finally scorching. Think Making a Murderer via Patricia Highsmith: an elegant kaleidoscope novel that refines and combines multiple perspectives until its subject is brought into indelible, tragic focus.” –A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
“Pitch-black and superbly written.” –Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author […]
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR – TIME MAGAZINE
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a best book of the year by The […]
NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).
ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE–Entertainment Weekly
TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR–People, Slate, The New York […]
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
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As you know, we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 pm, September through May. Some refreshments are provided, and you’re welcome to bring your own nosh to share.
I ask that you also please also renew your Irish Center membership – or become a member, or at […]
Half-Open Door, poems by James Finnegan
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As you know, we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 pm, September through May. Some refreshments are provided, and you’re welcome to bring your own nosh to share.
I ask that you also please also renew your Irish Center membership – or become a member, or at least make a donation to the […]
The Speckled People, a memoir by Hugo Hamilton
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The Thing about December, a novel by Donal Ryan
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I ask that you also please also renew your Irish Center membership – or become a member, or at least make a […]
This Must be the Place, a novel by Maggie O’Farrell
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As you know, we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 pm, September through May. Some refreshments are provided, and you’re welcome to bring your own nosh to share.
I ask that you also please also renew your Irish Center membership – or become a member, or at least make a […]
Red Branch (a retelling of Irish myths in novel form) by Morgan Llewelyn
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Under the Hawthorne Tree by Marita Conlon McKenna and/or Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh (you get to choose to read either the children’s story or the adult-themed comedy, or both. Each of these is short & should be a quick read)
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As you know, we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 pm, September through May. Some refreshments are provided, and […]
From the Bottom Up: the Story of the Irish in Kansas City by Pat O’Neill
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I ask that you also please also renew your Irish Center membership – or become […]
Books, Brews and Blarney: An Irish Book Club
Join us for a lively discussion. Free, but we encourage membership to the KCIC.
Please confirm your attendance via phone: 816.474.3848 or email: [email protected] to ensure you have a seat.
Join us for a discussion of the piece. The cost is free. The club is open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Please join us for one or all of the book discussions! We’ll put the kettle on for tea, and Guinness is on tap (the Irish Center does ask for a donation for drinks […]
Join us for a discussion of the piece. The cost is free. The club is open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Please join us for one or all of the book discussions! We’ll put the kettle on for tea, and Guinness is on tap (the Irish Center does ask for a donation for drinks […]
Choose 1:
Cré na Cille (in Irish) by Máirtín Ó Cadhain …or
Graveyard Clay translated by Liam Mac Con Iomaire…or
The Dirty Dust translated by Alan Titley
Join us for a discussion of the piece. The cost is free. The club is open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Please join us for one or all of the book discussions! We’ll put the kettle […]
