Thomas Keneally is widely-recognized for a wide body of work of a historical and political nature, including The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, which explores differences between the white and Aboriginal cultures. Confederates examined the consequences of the American Civil War on a group of individuals; Schindler's List looks at the Holocaust. And in To Asmara he focused on the … [Read more...] about The Irish Experience in Australia
Interviews
Nolan Ryan: A Man for All Seasons
By Mary Pat Kelly October 1991
So there we were in the lower depths of Yankee Stadium, following the dark empty corridor we hoped would lead to the visiting team's dressing room and baseball great, Nolan Ryan. Truly, though, this dark basement did not evoke the mythic view of the sport. No Boys of Summer or Field of Dreams down here but another side of baseball, the wearying travel, the games lost in the … [Read more...] about Nolan Ryan: A Man for All Seasons
Life With Brendan: A Talk with Beatrice Behan
By Brendan Lynch September 1991
With daughter Blanaid now working for Sky Television and son Paudge at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and preparing for his first film part, Beatrice Behan for the first time in her life has time to sit back and take stock and indulge for a change in her own favorite activities. The widow of playwright Brendan Behan says, "I miss the children of course, just as I have … [Read more...] about Life With Brendan: A Talk with Beatrice Behan
Lucky Eyes & High Heart: An Interview with Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston's portrayal of Maerose in Prizzi's Honor, earned her an Academy Award in 1986. Since then she has starred in Nicolas Roeg's Witches, in Paul Mazursky's Enemies, a Love Story, in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors and most recently as Lily the complex con artist in The Grifters. But perhaps her most poignant performance was as Gretta in the film version of … [Read more...] about Lucky Eyes & High Heart: An Interview with Anjelica Huston
Top of the Best Sellers List
By Mary Pat Kelly July/August 1991
Mary Higgins Clark Publishing's favorite adjective is "best selling." But two authors on June's New York Times best sellers list had more in common than the success of their books. Both Mary Higgins Clark whose suspense novel Loves Music, Loves to Dance entered the list at number one and Anna Quindlen, whose coming of age story Object Lessons has been climbing steadily, … [Read more...] about Top of the Best Sellers List