Category: News

New Novels from Cormac McCarthy

The New York Times seemed to break the news late this afternoon that Alfred A. Knopf will publish two new novels from the legendary Cormac McCarthy. A book entitled The Passenger will be released first this fall, followed by Stella Maris a month later.

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Writer Raises a Shit Ton of Money on Kickstarter

Wow. The New York Times reports that science fiction and fantasy author Brandon Sanderson raised $15.4 million in 24 hours on Kickstarter. And the donations kept coming in. Fuck me, I don’t even know how to comment on this. Just read the article.

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2022 Pen America Finalists Announced

Publisher’s Weekly has a complete rundown of the 65 authors and translators competing in 11 awards for 2022. The winners will be announced on Monday, February 28.

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Artistic Photos Capture Locations That Inspired Southern Fiction

The New Yorker’s website recently published a book review of Tema Stauffer’s photography collection Southern Fictions. Stauffer explores some of the places that influenced and shaped the work of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and more. The article also shares one of the more memorable – if horrible – Faulkner legends. Suffice it to say that…

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The Dirt: Filthy

Let me start with two things: 1) I’m glad I don’t have to code this post, because the amount of ö and ü I’d have to type in this band’s name would drive me to an insane life of unabashed hedonism, and 2) I wish I had to code this post. But seriously folks, although…

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