Richard ByrneApr 16, 20196 minDachau 1919 and Dachau 1933The world knows the town of Dachau because of the horrors of the Nazi death camp there. Created in 1933, Dachau was the first of these concentration camps – ...
Richard ByrneMar 1, 20195 minA Farewell to RileyI didn’t want a dog. There were lots of reasons for that from childhood I won’t get into here. But in 2005, after I got married, I was persuaded by my wife, ...
Richard ByrneFeb 22, 20195 minKindred Spirits: Kolář & HrabalOne of the deeper layers of Jiří Kolář (1914-2002): Forms of Visual Poetry, now showing at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts
Richard ByrneJun 20, 20184 minMona Mansour's The Vagrant TrilogyThis entry is the first in a continuing series of appreciations of work I find interesting as a playwright. They are not reviews, though I will occasionally ...
Richard ByrneAug 30, 20177 minFromme Her to EternityThe personal essay in Helmsley’s hands becomes an often-understated but relentless self-interrogation, never veering into self-pity or mythm
Richard ByrneAug 13, 20164 minWashington DC in John Strausbaugh's City of SeditionJohn Strausbaugh has been a mentor and friend for 30 years now, so it's a delight to report that his new book -- City of Sedition: The History of New York Ci...
Richard ByrneOct 30, 20154 minA Few Words on TraceBack in the autumn of 1995, I was living in St. Louis and working at The Riverfront Times. It was a strange time for me. I was in a deep funk -- and virtua...
Richard ByrneOct 8, 20153 minBecoming Nixon (and Tito)Today on Vox, playwright Justin Sherin writes about the genesis of his @dick_nixon Twitter account. Read Sherin about it first. Then come back. OK, done? Go...
Richard ByrneAug 27, 20151 minBalkans via Bohemia - Moving Day Balkans via Bohemia is moving house from Blogspot to my lovely new home page. No worries. The archive of Balkans via Bohemia can be accessed here.
