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'The Queen of Dirt Island' captures the bond between women in an Irish family
'The Queen of Dirt Island' captures the bond between women in an Irish family
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Donal Ryan's new novel, The Queen of Dirt Island, centers its women characters. He tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that making the men peripheral wasn't his goal – "it just kind of happened." In today's episode, he explains how a childhood spent listening to his grandmother, sister and neighbors in his mom's kitchen inspired the voices in the book, and why he wrote with a strict word count in mind for each chapter.
Released:
Apr 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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