KENSINGTON, MD — Leave it to me for waiting a good four months before reacting to this news. Sometimes, as Bob Dylan warbles, “it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry,” and it takes way too much time for startling industry news to penetrate this thick skull of mine and shatter [...]
From Hank to Alex … From Duffy to Jamie
KENSINGTON, MD — In honor of what would have been Charles Bukowski’s 90th birthday, and in recognition of our publishing house’s first set of advance review copies (ARCs)—delivered on Hank’s birthday, no less—I’m having a scotch and making a toast or three:
Interview with Alex Kudera, Part 2 of 2
KENSINGTON, MD — Alex Kudera assures us that he does not communicate with any dead scribes when he puts pen to paper, and the veteran college instructor also makes it clear that he does not desire to be associated with any stable whatsoever, even if it’s among writers he admires like Charles Bukowksi who indeed [...]
Interview with the Author of ‘Fight for Your Long Day’
Humble, quick-witted novelists make for good dinner guests, particularly when they aren’t delusional enough to think that their narrative voice speaks for millions. Once in a great while, however, there comes an author whose story actually does speak to and for the masses, and it’s your job as a gracious host to point out this [...]
Conversation Slam
Editor’s Note: The following poem was retrieved from a homeless camp found underground in the corridor of the subway-surface green lines between Juniper and 40th street stops in February 2002 during a particularly harsh Pennsylvania winter. For security purposes, authorities never revealed the exact location of the camp but assured commuters that the camp’s residents were treated with dignity [...]
‘Off the Page’ with Kilgore Trout and Wiggs Dannyboy
Characters Revolt, Leak and Skip Town; Duffy Last Seen with Rastafarian Dancer KENSINGTON, MD — Atticus Books hosted and moderated an impromptu panel discussion at an undisclosed location early Friday morning with two distinguished men of letters, Wiggs Dannyboy and Kilgore Trout. Joining Dr. Dannyboy and Mr. Trout was metafictional newcomer Cyrus Duffleman of Philadelphia, [...]
Influential UK Designer Set to Create Book Cover for Atticus
Atticus Books is thrilled to announce that it has commissioned UK graphic designer Jamie Keenan to create the cover of the forthcoming Alex Kudera novel, Fight for Your Long Day. Keenan’s striking design work has appeared on the book covers of many major publishing houses, including Doubleday, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin, and W.W. Norton & [...]
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