My interview with the brilliant Beth Ann Fennelly about her witty and wistful The Irish Goodbye is up on The Rumpus!
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“I know sometimes people find titles by looking at the titles of individual pieces, and they look for the most significant or biggest piece. And in this case, it was actually one of the slightest pieces, but that also seemed to suit the book, because it has the idea of slipping out the back door and…