#201;monn Maguire, formerly of St Oliver's Community College, Drogheda, has prepared Irish exam candidates for many years and is the author of several textbooks. He has also written Shortcuts to Success: Irish Junior Certificate Higher Level
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor is a poet, actress, culinary anthropologist, and writer. She is the author ofThursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap,Vertamae Cooks in the Americasrsquo; Family Kitchen, andVertamae Cooks Again: More Recipes from the Americasrsquo; Family Kitchen. She has served as a correspondent and host for National Public Radio and written for theNew York Times, theVillage Voice, theWashington Post,Life,Ebony, andEssence.