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Dispatches From a Real McSweeney

We are pleased to welcome a real-life Timothy McSweeney to our roster of regular correspondents. We met this Timothy McSweeney in Ireland at the Galway Arts Festival. He lives in Dublin.

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    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: Karl, the Beckett Aficionado
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    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: Synge-Song for Osama, or The Playboy Revisited
    by Timothy McSweeney
  • May 1, 2005
    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: Golf Is a Dangerous Game
    by Timothy McSweeney
  • March 17, 2005
    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: How Not to Write a Short Story
    by Timothy McSweeney
  • February 7, 2005
    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: Do You Know That You Have Royal Blood?
    by Timothy McSweeney
  • January 9, 2005
    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: Cappadocia, Xenophon, The Priest, and All That
    by Timothy McSweeney
  • December 16, 2004
    Dispatches From a Real McSweeney: So You Think McSweeney’s Is Eccentric
    by Timothy McSweeney
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