RIP Frank McCourt

I was sad to hear about the recent death of Frank McCourt, who personified everything great about the Irish and the American dream. McCourt was a witty writer who popularized memoir literature as an art form, and he had a way with descriptive prose. He also proved how never giving up and sticking with what you love can pay off. He published his memoir "Angela's Ashes" in his sixties, after having taught literature in the New York school system for so long and having grown up in bitter poverty before that. He's still an inspiration to many.