Mark Harris: Something About a Writer

<BODY> <h2>Mark Harris: Something About a Writer</h2><br> <Font Color="#FF0000"><I>Bang the Drum Slowly</I> - Top 100 Best Sports' Stories -Sports Illustrated</Font><BR> <B>Associated Movie: <I>Bang the Drum Slowly,</I></B> starring Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty and Vincent Gardenia<BR> <I>"Highly Recommended. I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Harris about his writings. He certainly loved the game of baseball, but most important to him, I believe, was the human drama, which is so much a part of his books."</I> -Chip Taylor<BR> Author <B>Mark Harris</B> wrote five non-fiction books and 13 novels, including the baseball books <I>The Southpaw, A Ticket for a Seamstitch, It Looked Like Forever</I> and <I>Bang the Drum Slowly</I>, for which he was best known. He adapted the latter novel for the feature film of the same name, which starred <B>Michael Moriarty</B> and <B>Robert De Niro</B>, who played Bruce Pearson, a catcher dying of Hodgkin's disease. Harris' non-fiction books included <I>City of Discontent: An Interpretive Biography of Vachel Lindsay, Mark the Glove Boy, or The Last Days of Richard Nixon,</I> and <I>Saul Bellow: Drumlin Woodchuck.</I> Harris also devoted much of his time to education. He received a Bachelor's and Master's in English from the University of Denver and a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. He taught English at the University of Minnesota, San Francisco State University, Purdue University, California Institute of the Arts, the University of Southern California, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Arizona State University. In this biography the author/educator exposes the allegorical quality of his novels, his dedication to social justice, as well as his personal opposition to war. Produced by Threadbare Film Enterprises. 08DR/CL JSCA 25 min. <A HREF="index.htm" target=_top>Home</a><br> </BODY>