An Evening with Meghan O'Rourke April 3, 2012

An Evening with Meghan O’Rourke
in conversation with Belinda McKeon

Tuesday, April 3 | 7:30 pm

Join us for an evening with celebrated poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke, for the paperback launch of her recent memoir The Long Goodbye. O’Rourke will be joined in conversation by IAC PoetryFest and Dublin’s DLR Poetry Now curator Belinda McKeon.
“a beautiful memoir about her loss of a truly irreplaceable mother—yes, it is sad, it is in fact heartrending,but it is many things more: courageous, inspiring, wonderfully intelligent and informed, and an intimate portrait of an American family” —Joyce Carol Oates
The Long Goodbye chronicles the author’s path through grief after the loss of her mother to cancer at age
fifty-five. Recording the endeavor ultimately bloomed into a profound look at the fleeting moments of joy
that make up a life and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss.

Meghan O’Rourke began her career as one of the youngest editors in the history of The New Yorker.
She has served as an editor for Slate and The Paris Review, and her essays, criticism, and poems have
appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Vogue, and more. O’Rourke is also the author of the poetry collections Once (2011) and Halflife (2007).

Admission to this event is FREE
Reserve tickets through irishartscenter.org or call 866-811-4111