In the new novel "House of Names," one of today's leading contemporary writers looks back to the Trojan War and Greek mythology for inspiration. Colm Toibin joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why he ...

When Colm Tóibín talks about his new novel House of Names, he discusses the themes (of loss, betrayal, weak father, strong mother, loss of home, world wandering) that have haunted his other novels.

Ogham Stones in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork. Ogma was a Tuatha De Dannan god and general polymath who invented Ogham script. Colm O'Regan is a comedian, best-selling author, ...

Novelist Tóibín (Nora Webster) gives an intimate and engaging look at Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry and its influence on his own work. Tóibín begins with an account of Bishop’s guiding principles for ...