Being something of a smart aleck, I've sometimes joked that while I may look white, actually I'm Irish. All eight of my great-grand parents...
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Jonathan Swift had “beat us all to the porch” long ago. Here I excerpt some passages from that essay, published in March of 2012, to direct attention back to...
15 months ago

In his new biography “Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel,” John Stubbs explores the complex life of the man who penned “Gulliver's Travels.
91 months ago

Jonathan Swift, the Irish writer behind "Gulliver's Travels," was born in Dublin on November 30, 1667. Here is a look at his life.
22 months ago

Three hundred and forty seven years ago today, Jonathan Swift was born. A poet and cleric, Swift published many satirical works under...
117 months ago

Jonathan Swift, (born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire.—died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin), Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English...
35 months ago

The satirist's jaw-dropping solution to the plight of the Irish poor is among the most powerful tracts in the English language
84 months ago

This week marks the 350th birthday of the brilliant Irish writer, born Nov. 30, 1667. That we know of Swift at all is one of the sweetest fortunes of literary...
82 months ago

The letters, translated by an academic with the help of her three-year-old son, show Swift addressing Stella as his "poo poo ppt" – his poor poor poppet.
164 months ago

John Stubbs's monumental biography of the Gulliver's Travels author portrays him as the most notorious writer of his day.
80 months ago