Interviews
“Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett
When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a…
To Hell and Back
Ex-hostage Brian Keenan speaks to Jane Campbell about his book, his experiences, and his life…
Harrison Ford
The king of Hollywood talks to Frances Haines about his controversial role in Patriot Games…
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If “home” is a special but complicated word for most Irish people, this is doubly true for Des Bishop. Born in New York, Bishop went off to Ireland at the […]
Larry Kirwan’s “Paradise Square” isBroadway-Bound
For over 30 years, Larry Kirwan’s voice provided the soundtrack for Irish American and Irish immigrant life. As the frontman for legendary Celtic rockers Black 47, Kirwan went from playing […]
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Cathleen Black loves a challenge. These days, the president of I Hearst Magazines is launching three books almost simultaneously. The third issue of Tina Brown’s Talk magazine has just hit […]
Pat Conroy: The Prince of Tales
By Patricia Harty Editor-In-Chief In the fall of 1995, Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, was back on the best-seller list with Beach Music. […]
The Right Stuff
Eileen Collins, the first female to command a space mission, is a determined down-to-earth woman who never let anything stand in the way of her dream. August 1999: NASA, Texas: […]
Peter Quinn’s Novel Redux
“Quinn has a way of making ordinary things, the ordinary or wise or inadequate thoughts of many persons in many circumstances not only convincing but merely actual: an ability that […]