Too Smart to Be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers

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TOO SMART TO BE SENTIMENTAL Contemporary Irish American Women Writers Edited by Sally Barr Ebest and Kathleen McInerney Foreword by Caledonia Kearns University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana Ebest 000.FM 10/1/07 1:13 PM Page iii Copyright © 2008 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Designed by Wendy McMillen Set in 10.2/13.3 Goudy by Four Star Books Printed on 55# Nature’s Recycle Paper in the U.S.A. by Versa Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Too smart to be sentimental : contemporary Irish American women writers / edited by Sally Barr Ebest and Kathleen McInerney ; foreword by Caledonia Kearns. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-02773-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-02773-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. American literature—Irish American authors—History and criticism. 2. American literature—Women authors—History and criticism. 3. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 4. Irish Americans in literature. 5. Irish Americans—Ethnic identity. I. Ebest, Sally Barr. II. McInerney, Kathleen H. PS153. I78T66 2007 810.9'9287—dc22 2007038704 This book is printed on recycled paper. Ebest-000.FM 11/13/07 11:46 AM Page iv For our favorite Irish Americans: Ron Ebest and Morgan and Caitlin Halstead Ebest 000.FM 10/1/07 1:13 PM Page v Ebest 000.FM 10/1/07 1:13 PM Page vi ...