Blog by UCC Student Ambassador Nora Kirkham UCC MA in Creative Writing I chose to come to Ireland because of an irresistible pull I felt to the land, the coast, and its […]
A Writers’ Workshop on the Wild Atlantic Way
Elizabeth Bowen and the Irish Landscape
Blog by UCC US Student Ambassador Kathryn Anderson Picking up Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September is only slightly (super) intimidating because the first paragraph alone will throw you for a loop. […]
The Red Zone: Self-Care Story Series Part Four
Series by Student Ambassador Kate Brock A professor in undergrad once told my class that we surround ourselves with too much noise. People walking about with headphones and earbuds, podcasts and music, […]
Busking into Town: Self-Care Story Series Part Three
Series by Student Ambassador Kate Brock Today the bus does not come. They strike for fairness, something I cannot begrudge them. The workers deliver a service day in and out, and I […]
Media of a Morning: Self-Care Story Series Part One
Series by Student Ambassador Kate Brock I wake with a start. The wind outside the flat attacks the walls and sifts through the seams in my windowsill. The crackle and whip of […]
“Be grand.” – Pre-Departure Reflections by Kate Brock, UCC Postgraduate Student Ambassador
You should be excited. Right? There should be a very definitive sense of apprehension and anxiety and jitters and all those knots in your stomach should be distracting you from the work […]
