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Article: Birth of a (Second) Generation
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- Irish Voice
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- May 31, 1994
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Colin Lacey
Irish Voice
05-31-1994
Birth of a (Second) Generation.
IT'S every beginning author's dream: publications in prestigious literary magazines, recognition by fellow writers, and the prospects of a long and rewarding writing future.
But what if the stories simply stop coming? What if writer's block sets emphatically in?
That's exactly what happened to Ellen Currie, whose short stories centering on Irish-American characters and families appeared in magazines like The New Yorker and began attracting critical interest in the late 1950s. A distinguished career for the young author seemed certain, but Currie never found her stride as a writer, and her fiction appeared only sporadically. By ...
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