Richard ByrneJun 34 min readContemplating Cosmonauts: THE WRONG STUFF In the annals of U.S.-Soviet rivalry in the decades after World War II, the so-called "space race" between the two superpowers was by far...
Richard ByrneFeb 294 min readA Few Words About Lola MontezThis short essay was the program note for the world premiere of my play, An Evening with Lola Montez, at the 2019 Capitol Fringe...
Richard ByrneJan 18, 202311 min read Some Time in Belgrade: Dušan Veličković 1. My friend Dušan Veličković passed away last week. His death hit me hard. We had a deep professional relationship in the 1990s and...
Richard ByrneDec 18, 20213 min readJohn Spalek 1928-2021Only recently did I learn that John Spalek - the great scholar of German exiles in the United States (and, in particular, Ernst Toller) -...