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Out of Albany

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
June / July 2002

June 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

William Kennedy, known as the author who captured Albany, New York, talks to Tom Deignan. ℘℘℘ William Kennedy is telling a story about his father that could very well be a haunting moment from any one of his seven "Albany cycle" novels. "My father's father came from Tipperary," the novelist, 74, says over an Irish breakfast in Fitzpatrick's mid-town Manhattan hotel. Kennedy's … [Read more...] about Out of Albany

Books: Roscoe

By Pete Hamill, Contributor
June / July 2002

June 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Roscoe – the latest book from Albany author William Kennedy – is a splendid novel: at once an exuberant elegy, a sad comedy, a realistic fable of life and death. In the seventh novel of Kennedy's "Albany cycle," the meshed subjects are the stuff of the real world, from politics to love, corruption to honor. But there is also room for a ghost story (the epitome of a unburied … [Read more...] about Books: Roscoe

Two Grandfathers

By William Kennedy, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

William Kennedy on his unsung origins.My grandfathers, George Kennedy and Peter McDonald, died before I was born. I came to know something of them through talks with my parents and other relatives, a few artifacts, death certificates and obituaries, and two photographs that defined them for me forever. Both photos are working-class portraits.The portrait of George Kennedy is … [Read more...] about Two Grandfathers

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