As 2023 drags to a close, I’m finishing up my reading project for the year. It’s been an amazing 12 months reading the collected works of Toni Morrison and Kurt Vonnegut in chronological order. If you want a little overview of what I’ve learnt from this project you can read my Irish Times article here. Next year I’ll be reading two more American writers, whose careers overlapped: James Baldwin and Carson McCullers.

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