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The Devil All The Time & Esquire

donaldraypollock — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:04:01 +0000

I am happy! to report that this month’s Esquire (June/July) has listed The Devil All The Time as one of the “Three Books Every Man Should Read.”

Paul Luikart: A Short Fiction Fix

donaldraypollock — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:17:04 +0000

If you’re in need of a short fiction fix, check out my good buddy from Chicago Paul Luikart’s website at paulluikart.com. Not only is he a damn fine writer, he’s also works in a homeless shelter. Yes, there are a lot of good people out there!

Jessica Blau & Drinking Closer to Home

donaldraypollock — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:28:21 +0000

Am curently reading Jessica Blau’s new novel, Drinking Closer to Home, a fantastic portrait of a funny, sad, eccentric, screwed-up family from the Sixties through the early Nineties. This should be one of the hits of the summer!!!

Knockemstiff in Spanish (Libros Del Silencio)

donaldraypollock — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Libros Del Silencio is bringing Knockemstiff out in Spain this month (February).

New Books by Fred Venturini, Michael Kardos, and Patrick Michael Finn

donaldraypollock — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Three new works of fiction that are well worth reading: The Samaritan by Fred Venturini (Blank Slate Press), One Last Good Time by Michael Kardos (Press 53), and The Darkness Right Under Our Feet by Patrick Michael Finn (Black Lawrence Press). Support the small presses!

Nigel Bird & Dirty Old Town (And Other Stories)

donaldraypollock — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:40:00 +0000

Folks, please, if you get a chance, check out Nigel Bird’s collection, Dirty Old Town (And Other Stories). It’s available now at Amazon on Kindle. He’s a good pal of mine from across the pond and a fantastic writer. I guarantee it will be the best 99 cents you ever spent in your life!
Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Town-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/BOO4LROUDG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1296933158&sr=8-8

The Devil All The Time (Donald Ray Pollock) Publication Date

donaldraypollock — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:47:00 +0000

Doubleday has set July 12, 2011, as the release date for my novel, The Devil All The Time.

Two Cow Garage & Knockemstiff

donaldraypollock — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:13:00 +0000

I want to sincerely thank the guys in Two Cow Garage, an AWESOME! band from Columbus, Ohio, for using one of the stories from Knockemstiff as inspiration for their incredible song, “Lucy and the Butcher Knife,” off their latest fantastic album, Sweet Saint Me. Support the arts, buy their albums!

Doubleday buys THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME (Donald Ray Pollock)

donaldraypollock — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000

I finally! finished my novel, The Devil All the Time, and it sold to Doubleday a couple weeks ago. What a relief. Not sure yet about a pub date, but probably looking at early fall, 2011.
The description of the novel taken from a recent Publisher’s Lunch entry is as follows: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, set in the 1950s and 1960s, centers on the convergent lives of a tough but morally-upright young man from Ohio, a pair of serial killers who prey on hitchhikers, and an itinerant, spider-handling preacher and his crippled guitar virtuoso accompanist.

Ohio Festival of the Short Story in Cincinnati

donaldraypollock — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:59:00 +0000

I’ll be reading with the fabulous Martha Luongo at the University of Cincinnati on Friday, May 7, 2010, at 7 PM as part of the Ohio Festival of the Short Story. Nancy Zafris and Lee K. Abbott are on for Saturday evening.