Last night saw Trinity Literary Society (Lit Soc) play host to a reading and Q&A session with former Lit Soc Chair and esteemed short story writer Thomas Morris. The event took place in the intimate and warm Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) Common Room, adorned with plush red sofas and an imposing portrait of Samuel Beckett. The event was led by Chair of Lit Soc, Ruth Atkins, who introduced Morris as not only a former chair of the society but certainly “the most important”, as Morris joked. Atkins gave a brief overview of his projects to date, including Dubliners 100, a centennial “cover” version of Joyce’s … Continue reading Thomas Morris Discusses Technology as an Anaesthetic and Literature as an Aesthetic