Worlds - Kearns, John

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Résumé :
Worlds depicts four generations of the Logan family from Ireland in 1870 to New York City in 1998. In a mosaic of episodes arranged by theme, Worlds portrays a family through poetic shards of narrative. *** Through the lens of the Seven Deadly Sins/Lively Virtues, Worlds examines these representatives of four generations of Logans. *** 1) Seamus Logan: a broken-hearted lover who flees his home in 1870 County Mayo, Ireland for Connemara and New York. Seamus eventually makes his way to Philadelphia where he founds a new family and a construction dynasty. *** 2) Reverend Sarsfield Logan, S.J.: a Jesuit priest who teaches French at Xavier High School in Manhattan's Chelsea section. In 1910, Esther, a firebrand striker from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, raises Sarsfield's consciousness and tempts his heart. *** 3) Janey Logan (nee Dougherty): a sensitive introvert who falls in love with her engaged boss, James Logan, at his family company. After Janey wins James over and marries him, she struggles to be happy as a housewife and mother in the 1970s Philadelphia suburbs. *** 4) Paul Logan: a former South Bronx teacher and would-be poet/musician, Paul competes with the young Englishman, Charles, for the affections of Laura, a beautiful barmaid, on a wild late-night car trip from the World Trade Center to Times Square as the 1998 Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland. *** Worlds was a finalist in the 2018 William Wisdom - William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition in New Orleans. An early excerpt from Worlds was a finalist for the 2002 New Century Writers' Award. Another excerpt was named a finalist for the 2012 James Hearst Poetry Prize and published in the North American Review. The Danse Macabre online literary magazine has published four additional excerpts from Worlds.***...

Biographie:
John Kearns is the author of the short-story collection, Dreams and Dull Realities and the novel, The World and playwright of dramas including Boann and the Well of Wisdom and In the Wilderness. John's fiction has appeared in publications such as The Medulla Review and The Irish Echo. His poems have appeared in journals including the Grey Sparrow Journal and The Razor's Wine. His essay Bronx Thunder to Riverside Angels is included in Colin Broderick's Writing Irish of New York. John has a Masters Degree in Irish Literature from the Catholic University of America. He lives in New York City....

Sommaire:
John Kearns is the author of the short-story collection, Dreams and Dull Realities and the novel, The World and playwright of dramas including Boann and the Well of Wisdom and In the Wilderness. John's fiction has appeared in publications such as The Medulla Review and The Irish Echo. His poems have appeared in journals including the Grey Sparrow Journal and The Razor's Wine. His essay Bronx Thunder to Riverside Angels is included in Colin Broderick's Writing Irish of New York. John has a Masters Degree in Irish Literature from the Catholic University of America. He lives in New York City....