http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/features/stalking-irish-madness/ A publication of the University of Rhode Island Alumni Association Mon, 8 Feb 2010 04:21:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/features/stalking-irish-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Justin Crews Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:15:49 +0000 http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/?p=3020#comment-782 I recommend everyone read the book Stalking Irish Madness. The book has done a lot to destigmatize people that suffer from mental illnesses in our society. I recommend everyone read the book Stalking Irish Madness. The book has done a lot to destigmatize people that suffer from mental illnesses in our society.

]]> http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/features/stalking-irish-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Jan B. Lawson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:46:02 +0000 http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/?p=3020#comment-771 I was struck by the mesmerizing photograph in this article; it so captured "the separate reality" of schizophrenia. I could imagine a similar photograph for the book's jacket. A tale well worth reading. (URI '54). I was struck by the mesmerizing photograph in this article; it so captured “the separate reality” of schizophrenia. I could imagine a similar photograph for the book’s jacket. A tale well worth reading. (URI ‘54).

]]> http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/features/stalking-irish-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Elizabeth White Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:22:27 +0000 http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/?p=3020#comment-756 Beautifully written article. Beautifully written article.

]]> http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/features/stalking-irish-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Mark O'Flahavan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:12:58 +0000 http://www.uri.edu/quadangles/?p=3020#comment-752 I've never read any non-fiction except for Capote that I have been thoroughly engrossed. A marvelous writer, who doesn't get in the way, but holds not by hand but by our intellect. We as readers on this journey ask questions right along with the author and he shows us the answer and we actually do share in it. Not with the subtle business end of a shovel but a light from a candle in a cave that goes beyond abyss...we are with him and explore our own prejudices and it gives us the courage to take off our aged blinders. As we read further into his Opus one gets a feeling that a Jungian collective is sighing now that truth has been spoken an eloquently written. This is one of the finest reads I have read in a long time. If you are a fan of Cormac McCarthy, Stephen King and Truman Capote you are going to love "Stalking Irish Madness". Pat Tracey is an American voice (Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald) that travels across the mist of the pond to centuries past to dear old Ireland and the mix is a song of enlightenment. Thank you Pat for your courage and wisdom to a light a candle and venture into the corners of madness to find a gem. I’ve never read any non-fiction except for Capote that I have been thoroughly engrossed. A marvelous writer, who doesn’t get in the way, but holds not by hand but by our intellect. We as readers on this journey ask questions right along with the author and he shows us the answer and we actually do share in it. Not with the subtle business end of a shovel but a light from a candle in a cave that goes beyond abyss…we are with him and explore our own prejudices and it gives us the courage to take off our aged blinders. As we read further into his Opus one gets a feeling that a Jungian collective is sighing now that truth has been spoken an eloquently written. This is one of the finest reads I have read in a long time. If you are a fan of Cormac McCarthy, Stephen King and Truman Capote you are going to love “Stalking Irish Madness”. Pat Tracey is an American voice (Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald) that travels across the mist of the pond to centuries past to dear old Ireland and the mix is a song of enlightenment. Thank you Pat for your courage and wisdom to a light a candle and venture into the corners of madness to find a gem.

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