Folio Lit Website Up and Running
Back in early January, I mentioned that agent extraordinaire Jeff Kleinman had banded together with Scott Hoffman and Paige Wheeler to form Folio Literary Management. At the time, the company had only registered the domain name but no website was ready. Tonight, I was surfing around and noticed that the company’s website is now up and…
continue readingYet Another Literary Fraud
I’ve seen various posts about this around the literary web, but I just didn’t have the stomach to get into yet another fraud story. But when Sherman Alexie speaks, I definitely perk up. Alexie, the creator of what is one of my favorite titles of all time with The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in…
continue readingToday, Experience The Good Life
When I first started writing, I searched through the library for young men like me. My college literature classes were filled with old guys from what seemed like ancient periods. Although I loved Fitzgerald and Joyce, I couldn’t connect with flappers and Irish pubs in terms of picturing myself as a writer. I devoured Melville…
continue readingMcInerney Appears on Iron Chef America
It’s an unfortunate circumstance of being a writer in this culture that we don’t get a whole lot of publicity. Paris Hilton and Ashton Kutcher get so much attention that I have nightmares about them both, but the best writers in the world are generally relegated to odd appearances on PBS and sometimes an…
continue readingRushdie to Appear at Ole Miss
I’m pleased to report that Salman Rushdie is appearing at my alma mater today. The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honor’s College at the University of Mississippi is presenting Rushdie at the Ford Center for Performing Arts. The event is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:00 and the famous author will discuss current events as well as his most recent…
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