Claypool Authors Book
Primus bass player Les Claypool has authored a book entitled South of the Pumphouse. The book is published by the great Akashic Books and is said to be influenced by Primus’ music and the works of Hunter Thompson. Claypool told The Book Standard about his unusual measures for literary talent, “I tend to be big on…
continue readingFriedman to Run for Governor
Writer and singer Kinky Friedman presented 169,574 names supporting his bid to be governor to Texas election officials. Regulations require potential independent candidates to collect 45,540 valid signatures in order to make it on the ballot. “”All I can say is, thank God for bars and dance halls,” said Friedman. If California can have an…
continue readingNeed Help Planning a Murder?
Call Doug Lyle for all your literary mayhem needs. Or, since you are a writer, you can say you are “researching for a novel” as a cover story to your plot about undoing the noisy neighbor. Hmmm…
continue readingSomewhere, A Book Deal Is Being Signed
I know there have been a couple of movies about perpetual college students, but here’s a CNN article about an undergraduate who has been studying at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 12 years. Undoubtedly, within about six months, one of those gift books that crowd the cash register will appear: How To Stay In School Forever…
continue readingHow We All Feel, From Time to Time
I happened to be flipping through Larry Brown’s magnificent Big Bad Love last night. I’ve read the stories in this collection dozens of times but it’s always an unexpected pleasure when you thumb through a book, quickly flipping the pages, and a line just grabs your attention, as though written in neon, as though flaming on the…
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