https://www.kathykremins.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-07 https://www.kathykremins.com/archives daily 0.75 2025-11-29 https://www.kathykremins.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://www.kathykremins.com/books-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/6de03df1-c1d8-42e3-a058-bfa7d5a6d4fa/IMG_0489.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/a9519683-70ed-4391-a6c5-66fabf6caa31/IMG_4818.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/1645543169219-BDYS4OCTLD4KGJ85R546/kremins-kathy-web-r.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/1646097070331-68SNN291GI1OU579HWVU/IMG_9674.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/1645543690975-XE32BOHTZV2ZBAVYT84S/too+smart.jpeg Books - Too Smart to Be Sentimental Contemporary Irish American Women Writers Edited by Sally Barr Ebest, Kathleen McInerney In a series of critical and biographical essays, Too Smart to Be Sentimental offers a feminist literary history of twentieth-century Irish America. This collection introduces the reader to the works of twelve contemporary Irish American women writers, some of whom are well known, such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice McDermott, and Tess Gallagher, and some of whom are equally deserving of recognition. Each chapter focuses on a particular writer, describes and discusses that writer's most important works, contextualizes the discussion with relevant biographical material, and highlights why the writer is representative of the Irish American literary tradition. Too Smart to Be Sentimental - the first critical study of contemporary Irish American women authors—will be invaluable to students and scholars of Irish studies and Irish American literature. "This book gathers critical essays about Irish-American writers from Mary McCarthy to Erin McGraw. The essays that consider Mary Doyle Curran, Tess Gallagher, Eileen Myles, Mary McGarry Morris, Jean McGarvey, and Erin McGraw are valuable for their introductions to lesser-known writers or to writers who have achieved success but who are not necessarily known as Irish-American writers."—Maureen O. Murphy, Hofstra University "These personal, thoughtful, and authoritative essays make an original contribution. They are of significance for scholars in several related disciplines: contemporary American fiction, Irish-American literature, sociology, ethnic studies, Irish studies, and women's studies."—Thomas A. Kuhlman, Creighton University https://www.kathykremins.com/events daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://www.kathykremins.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621409b58e073224f40dea9a/bc9aa69c-b15e-44da-8e21-4441c7d45785/IMG_0664.jpg About Kathy Kremins (she/her) is a retired New Jersey public school teacher, coach, and adjunct professor. A queer, Newark-born and raised daughter of Irish-Catholic immigrants, she has a BA from St. Elizabeth University (College of St. Elizabeth), an MFA from Goddard College, and a D. Litt. from Drew University. Her newest book, Sipping a Cloud, is a hybrid collection that arrives on Earth Day, April 21, 2026 (Reading Furiously). Her first full-length book of poetry, The Curve of Things, was published by CavanKerry Press in 2024. She has three chapbooks of poems, Unrehearsed (with Toma Zbrizher) (Two Key Customs, 2026), Seamus & His Smalls (Two Key Customs, 2023), and Undressing the World (Finishing Line Press, 2022). She is also the author of The Ethics of Reading: The Broken Beauties of Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy, and Nawal el Sadaawi (2010) and an essay contributor to Too Smart to be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers (2008). Kathy’s recent poetry appears in The Mascara Zine (Garden State Equality), The Hive: Vol. 2 (EdgeNJ), and other publications and anthologies. Most recently, her photograph, “Inter-are,” was in the “Cousins'‘ art exhibit at The HUUB in Orange, NJ. Her 2023 and 2022 art exhibits, including her photography, were “Werk: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Art at EDGE New Jersey and “Revival: Post-Pandemic Visions” and “Say Gay: Art As Queer Activism” at the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center. Photos from her Evening Edges series appear in the January 2023 issue of Burningword Journal. She made her voice-acting debut in the 2023 short films The Lines in Between and Confessional. She is a long-time editor for NJ Audubon Magazine. Kathy is also a member of the NJ-based feminist poetry collective Write On! Poetry Babes who read, write, and support all things womxn, queer, trans, and BIPOC. She participates in an ongoing environmental poetry project, Writing the Land (WTL), sponsored by NatureCulture. Daily, Kathy plays with her Littles, Arlo and Felix, pets the chimix, Elvis, and herds the kittens, Joni and Freddie. photo credit: Zoe Bean