TLRH | The Hublic Sphere | Narrating millennial disconnect with Lucy Sweeney Byrne

Recorded October 14, 2021. In this first episode of season two, we
discuss Lucy Sweeney Byrne’s debut short story collection, Paris
Syndrome (2019), and widen the conversation to touch on how ‘Paris
syndrome’ as a concept speaks to feelings of millennial
disconnection in a globalised world, particularly for young women.
We also widen the conversation, examining the parallels between
autofiction and internet culture, and delve into the theme of
connection as it pertains to public constructions the literary
sphere. Lucy troubles the idea of ‘the canon’ as an unproblematic
connective concept, explores what it means to be a ‘millennial’
Irish women writer amid a flourishing of writing by young Irish
women, and sketches the importance of literary journals and
magazines as a vehicle of connection between writers and readers.
We finish by discussing some of the links between Lucy’s writing
and her mother, Cathy Sweeney’s. To find out more, visit:
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