If you’re a fan of the late, great Larry Brown, check out the CD from Bloodshot Records called Just One More A Musical Tribute to Larry Brown A Great American Author. 18 songs by such musicians as Vic Chesnutt, Greg Brown, the North Mississippi Allstars, Robwert Erl Keen, and even Larry Brown himself. Well worth…
Reading at Clemson Literary Festival
I will be reading at the Clemson Literary Festival on April 1st at 10:00 pm at Friends Cafe on College Avenue.
France & Knockemstiff
Knockemstiff came out in France last week (March 4) with Buchet Chastel. A big, big thanks to Phillipe Garnier, the translator!
Bethany College & Knockemstiff
I will be reading at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, on Thursday, November 12th at 7:00 pm. Hope to see some of you there!
Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival 2009
Hi, Everyone, I’ll be reading with David Kirby at the 2009 Devil’s Kitchen Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Friday, October 30, at 5 pm in the Student Center Auditorium. Other writers at the festival (which starts Thursday night, runs all day Friday, and winds up Saturday afternoon) include Jane Alison, Fred Leebron,…
Reading At The Journal Benefit Party At Rumba Cafe
Please come out and suport The Journal, Ohio’s premier literary magazine at the Rumba Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, October 10th, 8:00 p.m. Readings by Maggie Smith and myself, live music, booze, I reckon, that sort of thing. This benefit is to raise money to help keep The Journal alive and well. The address…
Reading Knockemstiff At Shawnee State University
Hi, Everyone, I will be reading at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Flohr Lecture Hall at the Clark Memorial Library. Hope to see some of you there!
Purdue University & Knockemstiff on September 10, 2009
I will be reading at Purdue University on September 10 in Hicks Bookstall (Room B848) at 7:30 PM. That’s a Thursday. Hope to see some of you there!
Devil’s Kitchen Award in Prose 2009 & Knockemstiff
I was recently informed that Knockemstiff has won the Devil’s Kitchen Award in Prose for 2009, sponsored by Grassroots, the literary magazine of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Thanks, guys! I really, really appreciate it. See you at the festival.
Knockemstiff Wins 2009 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship
PEN announced yesterday that I’d won the Robert Bingham Fellowship. You can check at all the 2009 PEN award results at http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3504/prmID/1351. I want to thank everyone again and again for their support!