Marilynn Richtarik is a Professor of English at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Her books include Acting Between the Lines: The Field Day Theatre Company and Irish Cultural Politics, 1980-1984 (Oxford University Press, 1994), Stewart Parker: A Life (Oxford University Press, 2012), and an edition of Stewart Parker’s novel Hopdance (The Lilliput Press, 2017). She is currently finishing a book about literature and the peace process in Northern Ireland.