Originally published in print March 2020. 10:04 begins with moneytalk. Ben Lerner – the autofictional Ben Lerner – discusses with his agent the “six figure deal” she has negotiated for him on the strength of his debut novel and a … Continue reading Is 10:04 Art Writing? What Is Art Writing?
Originally published in print February 2021. This story is part of TN2’s ongoing flash fiction series, which aims to give a platform to exciting new writers from Trinity. If you would like your fiction to be considered for publication, simply … Continue reading “In Untended” // Flash Fiction
TN2 Magazine’s ‘Fiction Club’ is a monthly forum for writers to read, discuss and dissect selected works. To suggest a piece of literature for consideration contact literature@tn2magazine.ie ‘Macadam’ is a length of prose recounting the narrator’s memory of a road … Continue reading ‘Macadam’ by Lucia Berlin // Fiction Club 3
Originally published in print December 2020. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens It is fitting that Ebenezer Scrooge’s Christmas journey of … Continue reading Time Out of Mind: How Victorian Writers Invented Christmas
Originally published in print November 2020. Milk is a cookbook with a manifesto. Its authors, John and Sally McKenna, are among Ireland’s foremost food writers, and are perhaps best known for the annual 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland guide, which … Continue reading Milk // Cookbook Review This new cookbook by John and Sally McKenna milks the most out of Irish produce
John McKenna is one of Ireland’s leading food writers. He and his wife, Sally, are known for their guide of Ireland’s best 100 restaurants, which is published annually. They have co-authored a new cookbook, Milk, which aims to promote Irish … Continue reading An Interview With John McKenna Fiachra Kelleher interviews John McKenna, one of Ireland’s leading food writers. McKenna and his partner Sally have co-authored a new cookbook, Milk, which aims to promote Irish dairy.
Illustration by Maeve Breathnach TN2 Magazine’s ‘Fiction Club’ is a monthly forum for writers to read, discuss and dissect selected works. To suggest a piece of literature for consideration contact literature@tn2magazine.ie ‘Emergency’ is a story from Jesus’s Son, Denis Johnson’s 1992 … Continue reading ‘Emergency’ by Denis Johnson // Fiction Club 2
Illustration by Ren O’Hare. Originally published in print September 2020. Adam Gordon, the protagonist and narrator of Ben Lerner’s largely autobiographical novel Leaving the Atocha Station, rarely responds to emails. He pretends, even to his best friend, Cyrus, that … Continue reading A Man with No Reasons in Ben Lerner’s Leaving the Atocha Station
Illustration by Maeve Breathnach. TN2 Magazine’s ‘Fiction Club’ is a new monthly forum for writers to read, discuss and dissect selected works. To suggest a piece of literature for consideration contact literature@tn2magazine.ie ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ was … Continue reading ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ by Edgar Allan Poe // Fiction Club 1
First published in the 2020 Summer Issue It’s been a year since Nicole Flattery’s debut collection of short stories, Show Them A Good Time, was reviewed in this magazine. This review was one of the few that didn’t compare Flattery … Continue reading Is Nicole Flattery the Next Lorrie Moore?
I spent six of the early weeks of lockdown watching the BBC/Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, and I’ve spent the past six weeks reading and rereading from Lorrie Moore’s fantastic Collected Stories. When I saw that Moore had … Continue reading Artemis Fowl, Normal People, and Cultural Imperialism
Jamaica Kincaid, born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson in St. John’s, Antigua, is not just the holder of the 21st century’s greatest pen name. She is a novelist, gardening writer, and Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at … Continue reading Some thoughts on Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy and A Small Place