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by Alphie McCourt (Author)
The Soulswimmer is a witty and insightful collection of stories, verses, and songs by Alphie McCourt, youngest of the literary McCourt brothers famous for their Irish memoirs.
Author Biography
Alphie McCourt, the youngest of the McCourt brothers, was born in 1940, at home, in Barrack Hill, in Limerick. After immigrating to the US in 1959 he has lived in Canada, California and New York where he now resides with his wife Lynn and daughter Allison. He has published a memoir, A Long Stone's Throw (Sterling & Ross), in 2008. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Southampton Review, The Villager (New York), The Limerick Leader, The Irish Times, Revival Literary Journal and Icons Magazine. See www.alphiemccourt.com. A Long Stone's Throw and several stories were recorded with Hachette Audio and are available on iTunes and Audible.com. Praise for Alphie's memoir, A Long Stone's Throw: "This book stands utterly unique and utterly on its own. Beautifully written with gentle wit, penetrating honesty and forgiving insight." --Peter Quinn, author of Banished Children of Eve and Dry Bones "Alphie McCourt moves fluidly through time and geography to bring us a brand new story...one filled with tenderness and redemption." --Colum McCann, author of Dancer, Let the Great World Spin, and Transatlantic "Alphie is the poet in the family." --Frank McCourt
