Irish Studies

Born in the Baltic nation of Estonia, St. Joseph’s University associate professor of English Kersti Tarien Powell first encountered the works of John Banville, Irish author of the Booker Prize-winning novel “The Sea,” in the British Council library in the Estonian capital city of Talinn. “It wasn’t even a library,” Powell says, looking back. “It was more like a bookcase that they had there, for people who just didn’t feel like taking their paperbacks home. […] Read More