Actually a couple of weeks ago where it went to my bookshelf and I forgot about it until this morning. It’s the copy of Junk Food I ordered last month after finding this quote from a Harry Crews article contained … Continue reading
It looks like one of my heroes, Harry Crews, has passed away. There nothing in any official sources yet, but that’s what The Georgia Review has posted on Facebook. I’ve put up a lot of shit about him over the … Continue reading
He’s a 1911 man. (And, yes, discussed this before, but it’s a great video.) I know I’m not posting much, let alone anything of consequence. And I think I’ve forgotten my passwords to Facebook and Twitter at this point. But … Continue reading
Today is Flannery O’Connor’s birthday, so this quote from The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor. All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people … Continue reading
Time Out Chicago has a really nice review of Satan Is Real up. And the author of the review, Jake Austen, has added some extra stuff on the Roctober Magazine blog. Also, Austin’s Bookpeople bookstore blog has it featured in … Continue reading
Over at Ransom Notes: The BN Mystery Blog, Jedidiah Ayres gives us a list of his favorite books where second-banana characters steal the book. It’s a great list, and would be so even if Pike weren’t on it. It’s something I … Continue reading
I’ve been asked in a couple of interviews lately what advice I’d give to other writers. It’s a fine question, but I always come up empty. Every time I sign onto Facebook or Twitter there’s all kinds of writing advice … Continue reading
From Victor Castillo. Mainly for my daughter, who at the age of eight thinks it’s ridiculous I won’t let her watch The Wall yet. Which, I don’t know, she might be right, but I imagine that when Pink cuts his … Continue reading
Here. And which, I think, would go beautifully with my small collection of futurist aeropainting postcards. The cluster bomb desk lamp is my favorite I think: Also, a great review of the novel The Wrong Thing by Barry Graham in … Continue reading
Buy Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers from an independent bookstore, Amazon.com, or Barnes & Noble.
Buy Pike from an independent bookstore, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or PM Press.
Buy Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! from an independent bookstore, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or PM Press.