Robert Sullivan

1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Robert Sullivan

   Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa on Her Searching New Book, ‘Said the Dead’ (opens the original)

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   Ghost in the Throat, the Irish poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s wondrous first book, draws on her obsession with an 18th-century poet who was lost to the past despite having written, in 1774, one of the most celebrated remembrances in poetry, The Lament for Art O’Leary. Published in 2020, that book was a collage of remembrance and research, culminating in a new translation of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s lament for her murdered husband. (It began with a declaration: “This is a female text.â€

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2. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Robert Sullivan

   From the Archives: In 1999, Silicon Valley’s Newly Minted Millionaires Were Brushing Up on Their Manners (opens the original)

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   It's not that the entire generation of Silicon Valley millionaires is manner-free. It's not that everybody who ever designed an E-mail software program, expanded his company quickly, went public, and then sold that company to Microsoft doesn't know the difference between a dessert fork and a salad fork. It's not that every woman who ever made her first million designing Java applications doesn't know how to hold a cup of coffee when dining out with Japanese clients. To say that would be like say

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