Spring Cleaning and Catching Up
It has been a hectic 2010 so far, coming off a very busy end of 2009. I feel like the last few months have been a blur of travel, interviews, concerts, galley reviews, edits, and more red pencils than I care to admit. But now it’s time to dust off things here at Slushpile.net. Keep…
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…
continue readingWallace Archives Sold
The Daily Texan is reporting that Harry Ransom Center acquired David Foster Wallace’s archive.
continue readingTracking What Works and What Doesn’t
So much of publishing success remains a mystery. Huge marketing budgets don’t ensure success, as Charles Frazier found out with the infamous release of Thirteen Moons failed to capitalize on the success of his earlier work Cold Mountain. And while everyone may jump on book trailers or Twitter pages or whatever the latest thing is,…
continue readingTributes to Captain Maximus
As the week has progressed, there have been more and more tributes to Barry Hannah posted around the web. Meanwhile, I’m not sure I’m any closer to summing up my feelings on the late writer and mentor than I was when I first heard the news of his passing. I met Barry Hannah in the…
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