1869, Remembering 9/11 with Jane Bunker, Jessica DuLong, and Larry Kirwan

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Sh3unrYvcI5QtotuwsKR2nKNTj4 To commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11th, we are proud to present to you a special "Remembering 9/11" episode with guest host Jane Bunker, Director of Cornell University Press. Jane will be interviewing two Cornell authors whose recent books directly address the events and the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy--Jessica DuLong, author of Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501759123/saved-at-the-seawall/) and Larry Kirwan, author of Rockaway Blue: A Novel (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501754227/rockaway-blue/), both published under our Three Hills imprint. Jane Bunker has been serving as director since March of 2020 and is the first woman to lead Cornell University Press. She was previously the director of Northwestern University Press, and Associate Director and Editor-in-chief at the State University of New York Press. Jane holds a BA in philosophy from St. Norbert College and an MA in philosophy from Fordham University. Jessica DuLong is a journalist, historian, book collaborator, and ghostwriter, as well as chief engineer, emerita of the retired 1931 New York City fireboat, John J. Harvey. Her first book, My River Chronicles, won an American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, CNN.com, Newsweek International, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Newsday, and Maritime Reporter and Engineering News. Jessica appears in Spike Lee’s HBO docuseries “NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½” and, in cartoon form, in Maira Kalman’s picture book, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey. Larry Kirwan was the leader of New York-based Irish political rock band Black 47 for 25 years. He is author of five previous books, including, Liverpool Fantasy, Rockin' The Bronx, and Green Suede Shoes, and nineteen plays and musicals, including Paradise Square which will open on Broadway March 22nd, 2022. He is currently working on a stage version of The Informer, and Iraqi Rose, a musical about the Iraq War. Kirwan also hosts Celtic Crush a popular radio show on Sirius/XM and writes a column for The Irish Echo.