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New Biography of Larry McMurtry Published

McMurtry, the most famous, beloved and multimedia-successful writer to come out of North Central Texas, or indeed out of all Texas, was a storyteller first and foremost. His life revolved around books: reading, writing, collecting and selling them. And when it came to talking or writing about himself and his background, as he was often called upon to do, his stories sometimes evolved into Texas tall tales. Read more

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Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape.

Tom Wolfe was a fast talker. Eudora Welty had a musical Southern drawl. Kurt Vonnegut’s jokes got belly laughs. Each of these authors once spoke to audiences at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center in New York City, which has hosted some of the most celebrated writers of the past several generations, from Isaac Asimov to Anaïs Nin and Kazuo Ishiguro to Margaret Atwood. Now, the Poetry Center has digitized audio recordings of its literary events stretching back to 1949 — hundreds of which have never been released before — in a collection that offers a glimpse into history and a taste of what the writers themselves were like in public. Read more

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Anne Rice Fans Flock to New Orleans for a Memorial Tribute to the Horror Literature Legend

Fans lined up from Orpheum Theater’s entrance all the way down the block to the VooDoo Mart liquor store on Canal Street Saturday, awaiting an opportunity to finally bid farewell to the late Anne Rice, the New Orleans-born queen of Goth literature. No one since Marie Laveau contributed more to New Orleans’ supernatural mystique than she. Read more

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He’s One of the Finest British Novelists You’ve Never Heard Of

Benjamin Wood is one of the finest British novelists of his generation, but you’ve probably never heard of him. The 44-year-old author from Stockport has written five psychologically suspenseful books with stories that are so unique and specific, it feels like they must come directly from real life. Read more

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