Wallace Archives Sold
The Daily Texan is reporting that Harry Ransom Center acquired David Foster Wallace’s archive.
continue readingLish Collection Sold
Publishers Marketplace is reporting that the first complete collection of short work by Gordon Lish has sold to Or Books. It’ll be interesting for people to check out Captain Fiction’s own work, given the attention he’s received lately for shaping Raymond Carver’s stories.
continue readingReports that Barry Hannah Passed Away
The Oxford Eagle in Oxford, Mississippi is reporting that Barry Hannah passed away today. This is just days before this weekend’s Oxford Conference for the Book dedicated to scholarly discussions and celebrations of Barry’s work. It looks like details are still somewhat sketchy. I’m making some calls to try and find out more. There’s a…
continue readingTwelve Hawks Television Rights Sold to Fox
Secretive author John Twelve Hawks has sold the television rights to his Fourth Realm Trilogy to Fox, according to Reuters. No word yet on if the shows writers will have to adopt Twelve Hawks’s habit of using voice scramblers on phone calls.
continue readingThe Science of Tone
Most of you certainly know that my love of guitars rivals my obsession with books. I got an opportunity to explore that love a bit recently for Premier Guitar magazine. The cool folks over there asked me to write an article on the science of tone. Which turned out to be quite a challenge. Like…
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