Frank McCourt, who died July 19th, won the Pulitzer Prize for Angela’s Ashes<\/a><\/em>, his memoir of growing up poor in Ireland. We have Angela’s Ashes<\/em> <\/a>and its follow-up ‘Tis<\/a><\/em>, as well as Teacher Man<\/a><\/em>, McCourt’s account of his days as a New York City high school teacher.<\/p>\n

You can hear McCourt talk about writing<\/a>, teaching, poverty, alcoholism,\u00c2\u00a0meeting the Pope, and much more\u00c2\u00a0at FORA.tv<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Or, read “McCourt: A Storyteller Even as a Teacher<\/a>” at the New York Times<\/em> Web site.<\/p>\n

If you need help finding books (or anything else) in Odum Library, you can ask us in person or via live chat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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