Nothing Compares to You: What Sinead O’Connor Means to Us

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Thursday 17 July 2025

8:30 pm

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Nothing Compares to You: What Sinead O'Connor Means to Us is a collection of essays edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne. It is an intimate and evocative celebration of the life and legacy of music and political icon Sinéad O’Connor and we are joined tonight by three of the contributing authors Martha Bayne, Mieke Eerkens and Allyson McCabe.



This book is a loving and accessible reconsideration and entry point for understanding the Irish icon. Exploring themes such as gender identity, spirituality, artistic expression, and personal transformation, this collection shows that Sinead’s voice continues to ring on even after her death and brilliantly illustrates the power of creative expression to inspire far beyond any presumed lines of age, culture, or class.

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More than thirty years ago, Sinéad O’Connor shocked the world by tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II in an act of protest against the violence perpetrated by the Catholic Church. This single act cemented Sinéad’s place as a fearless voice and activist that would later push even further as Sinéad became an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness, the LGBTQ+ community, and abortion rights. Here in Nothing Compares to You, a renowned and multi-generational group of women and non-binary authors come together to pay tribute to Sinéad’s impact on our world and in their own lives and development as humans and artists.

 

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Writers

Martha Bayne

Martha Bayne is the editor of three acclaimed collections of writing about Chicago and the Midwest, most recently The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook (Belt Publishing), named one of the ten best books about...

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Mieke Eerkens

Mieke Eerkens is a Dutch-American writer who grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Amsterdam. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, Catapult, Los Angeles Review of...

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Allyson McCabe

Allyson McCabe's debut book, Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters, was published by the University of Texas Press in 2023 and won the 2024 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. A New...

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