Buy Anne Rice’s Pad for $3.3 Mill
Seems that bestselling vampire writer Anne Rice is selling her home (at least one of them, that is) in an effort to downsize. Although most readers probably associate Rice with New Orleans, this news article points out that she is selling a 9,000 square-foot pad in the desert near Palm Springs. Purchase the home, move…
continue readingBeing Humble and Hardworking While also Being a Bit Different
Most longtime readers know of my fascination with the guitar. Many of you also know that I’m working on a book about guitar players. One of the most interesting musicians I’ve encountered in a while is John 5. I’ve spent the morning listening to his new instrumental disc The Art of Malice and I’m amazed…
continue readingPalahniuk’s Tell All Reviewed
It’s late spring-early summer, so that must mean it’s time for a new Chuck Palahniuk novel. The Kansas State Collegian features a interesting article of Palahniuk’s new work, Tell All. I was the world’s biggest Palahniuk fan through the first five or six books. Then I started to cool towards his work. I couldn’t get…
continue readingRIP Alan Sillitoe
On Sunday, British writer Alan Sillitoe passed away at 82 years of age. He was perhaps best-known for his story “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.” A generous graduate school professor turned me on to Sillitoe’s work when I reached that inevitiable point that male writers seem to reach where they get pissed off.…
continue readingInfamous Released
To help get over the pain of submitting your taxes today, swing by the bookstore after you escape the long lines at the post office and pick up Infamous by Ace Atkins. Another entertaining merger of fact and fiction, Infamous focuses on Machine Gun Kelly and his wife Kathryn as they go on a crime…
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