Literary Los Angeles
There’s a feeling I get when I look to the West… Although Robert Plant had hedgerows, May Queens, and stairways in mind when he sang that lyric, the history of Led Zeppelin does in fact contain a healthy dose of Los Angeles. So it’s fitting that Bret Easton Ellis chose that line as the epigraph for…
continue readingFaulkner’s Vampires
Syntax of Things pointed out this article in the LA Times about William Faulkner’s vampire film script. “As the exclusive representative of the William Faulkner Literary Estate, producer Lee Caplin (‘Ali’) has had access to the vaunted Mississippi writer’s letters, sketches, notes and other literary works for years. So when Jill Faulkner Summers, the…
continue readingCracking Open a Hard Case
So I know this probably marks me as the un-hippest cat around. But, prior to last evening, I hadn’t read any of the Hard Case Crime books. As their website states, “Hard Case Crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by today’s most powerful…
continue readingAtwood to Appear in DC
Booker Award-winning Margaret Atwood discusses her new collection of stories, Moral Disorder, at the downtown Washington, DC location of Borders (18th and L Streets, Northwest DC) tonight at 7pm. Call 202-466-4999 for more information.
continue readingAll the King’s Writers
The New York Times had an interesting review of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story yesterday. What makes Jim Windolf’s examination intriguing is that it’s not just a review of a new novel, but rather an examination of the author character throughout King’s body of work. Windolf also looks at how King’s reputation has shifted over the last…
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