James Ellroy On Washington Post Podcast & In Person
Tonight (Saturday, September 26), James Ellroy appears at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland as the closing event of the […]
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, Mysteries/Thrillers
Mysteries/Thrillers
“Room to Swing” at The Rap Sheet
I’m honored that the The Rap Sheet has chosen to run my short essay on Ed Lacy’s Room To Swing as
N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
N.C. Events: Chaz, Chefs & A Cancellation
Two of my favorite folks will be at Raleigh’s Quail Ridge Books on Friday night, September 25, at 7 p.m. Katy
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
James Ellroy Previews “Blood’s A Rover”
On Tuesday, September 22, Alfred A. Knopf will publish James Ellroy‘s Blood’s A Rover, the third and final installment of the
N.C. Events
Last Chance At Love! (& More N.C. Events)
Today — Wednesday, September 16 — marks your last chance to catch N.C. readings by contributors to the great new
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Marianne Gingher On “Long Story Short”
Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina’s Finest Writers offers a concise, comprehensive, and compulsively readable collection
Reviews/Recommendations
Is It Shameless Self-Promotion If It’s Your Wife You’re Bragging About?
Looking for some good weekend reading? Let me suggest some recent very short fiction by Tara Laskowski — a completely
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N.C. Lit Festival Kicks-Off On Sept. 10
N.C. friends, don’t forget: The 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival takes place this weekend, Sept. 10-12, at UNC-Chapel Hill. Thursday
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
Margaret Maron Talks About “Sand Sharks”
After tackling immigration issues in Hard Row and the crisis of rampant residential and commercial overdevelopment in Death’s Half Acre,
Literary News, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
N.C. News: Carrboro Essayist Krista Bremer Wins $25,000 Rona Jaffe Award
Krista Bremer of Carrboro, award-winning essayist and associate publisher of The Sun, has been named as one of six writers
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Interviews, Writing
Tara Laskowski Interviews Jessica Anthony
I’m pleased today to host an interview between two great writers — and to present this interview as the first
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Erica Eisdorfer’s “The Wet Nurse’s Tale”
Erica Eisdorfer, long-time manager of the Bull’s Head Bookshop in Chapel Hill, has been earning rave reviews for her new