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Michael Charles Carolan

Writer

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  • Emigrants’ Passage & New Beginnings: The Packet Ship Patrick Henry. from Sea History: The art, literature, adventure, lore & learning of the sea
  • Patrick Henry (packet) Wikipedia
  • Josiah Gilbert Holland: Recalling famed newspaper columnist on 200th anniversary of his birth The Springfield Republican Listen here.
  • Chasing family history & the tail end of summer on Little Egg Harbor Bay
    SpeakEasy, Newsworks—WHYY Philadelphia
  • 2014 was a year to sound the horn. Newsworks—WHYY Philadelphia
  • Undeniably Human: Philip Seymour Hoffman leaves us breathless
    The Valley Advocate
  • Just what was that mysterious flying object over Amherst? The Springfield Republican
  • All that Philip Seymour Hoffman left behind: his honesty, his truth, his demons. Newsworks
  • Zombie fiction, Ebola fact and obsessive fear of an invisible menace. Newsworks
  • Feeling D-Day by treating soldiers. The Kansas City Star
  • A Soldier’s Heartfelt Holiday Dispatch. The Daily Hampshire Gazette
  • My ancestor at Gettysburg. The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • With another death, family is all the more precious at holidays. Newsworks
  • Loss, Remembrance, and Joy. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette 
  • Evan Connell, Mrs. Bridge and Mrs. Collins. The Pitch
  • A Birthday Boy, At Large in the World. The Daily Hampshire Gazette
  • Eternal hunger passed down by Irish ancestors. The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • An Irishman’s legacy. Philadelphia Inquirer Online
  • History’s Back Story: Douglass and O’Connell. Irish Philadelphia
  • A Doll Named Edgar Takes an American to Switzerland. Pebbles, a journal of arts and literature

 

On The Radio

Hear me read my essay “Breaking Point” on its 10th anniversary as a “Notable Essay of 2008” in the Best American Essays collection. It originally appeared in the Autumn 2008 issue of The Massachusetts Review.

More Audio

“Melds personal, familial and national history to create a memorable expression of American experience.” – Hillary Flynn, director, Crossroads Irish-American Festival
“A truly dazzling portrait of a 19th century shipping firm.” -The Intense Inane, Blogspot.com
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