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William Shaw

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Born and raised in Brooklyn, William Shaw, PhD, taught English literature for many years at Le Moyne College and North Carolina State University.

Shaw spent many summers in Ireland, traveling with American students while teaching courses in Irish literature. He also taught one term at University College Cork as a Visiting Professor.

In 2005, Shaw published "Fellowship of Dust: Retracing the World War II Journey of Sergeant Frank Shaw." He currently writes opinion columns for his local newspaper, "The Pilot," while also producing his own digital newsletter for Substack -- "Wormwood: Reflections on an Endangered Nation."

"On the Run," published in 2023, tells the story of how the Troubles in Northern Ireland affect and transform each member of a
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“Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.”
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