My conversation with Josh Mohr at The Booksmith on Thursday, September 11 at 7:30pm was named an Editor’s Pick at Flavorpill. The event will be held at 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco. We’ll have a conversation about haunted Indian casinos and the people who can’t stay away from them.
Artist Kevin Weir Creates Ghostly Animated GIFs Using Archival Photos from the Library of Congress [Sponsor]
featured on colossal today, very exciting.
The only thing more unknowable than the future is the past.
Artist Kevin Weir Creates Ghostly Animated GIFs Using Archival Photos from the Library of Congress [Sponsor]
featured on colossal today, very exciting.
The only thing more unknowable than the future is the past.
Artist Kevin Weir Creates Ghostly Animated GIFs Using Archival Photos from the Library of Congress [Sponsor]
featured on colossal today, very exciting.
The only thing more unknowable than the future is the past.
Artist Kevin Weir Creates Ghostly Animated GIFs Using Archival Photos from the Library of Congress [Sponsor]
featured on colossal today, very exciting.
The only thing more unknowable than the future is the past.
Mi sirena is always with me. (at Pacifica Ocean Beach)
Last night I had the opportunity to meet with Josh Mohr‘s students in his Noir class at the University of San Francisco.
We talked about elements of noir (I like Josh’s breakdown: fatalism, cynicism and morality better than mine: slick, brutal, weird), what makes a good mystery, my shame over having never read Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, and, as always, the unspeakable horror of the literary life. Good times!
This week I’m taking Alice, Pemberton, Lupita and the rest of the gang from Forest of Fortune up the coast to San Francisco, Anchorage, Seattle and Portland. Check out my events page for readings, book signings and miscellaneous mayhem.
Many thanks to Leland Zaitz who sent me this striking cover from a pulp published in the 1930s with the same title as my novel. What’s going on here? What are they doing with that poor chap? Who was Pierre Quiroule? Why is the skull wearing a red eye mask? Is that the Forest of Fortune off the starboard beam? So many questions…
I was tagged in the “Ten Books That Have Stayed with You” thingy by my friend Pia Ehrhardt.
The Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey
The Failure James Greer
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan John Lloyd Stephens
Ship Fever Andrea Barrett
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
Last Last Chance by Fiona Maazel
Monsieur by Jean Philippe Toussaint
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
2066 Roberto Bolano
Revenge Yoko Ogawa
Many thanks to Todd Taylor at Razorcake for shooting this video from the Forest of Fortune reading at Avenue 50 Studio in beautiful Highland Park, California on August 18. THe art on the walls behind me is by Sergio Teran. Here’s the disposition:
Intro: 00: – 4:45
Reading: 4:45 – 16:25
Q&A: 16:25 – 26:11
And, no, I have no idea what is going on with my hands during the Q&A.
This was a nice surprise. Book Soup’s best sellers for last week.
