November 23, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1EXCERPT: Famous Writers I Have Known by James Magnuson by JAMES MAGNUSON The following is excerpted from the book, Famous Writers I Have Known (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014), by author James Magnuson. A small time con-man is posing as a famously reclusive writer named V. S. Mohle. He manages to get hired by a well-funded graduate writing program at a… read more
November 23, 2020, Filed Under: Featured1JAMES MAGNUSON: A literary Life & Legacy by GREGORY CURTIS The Ransom Center recently acquired the archive of a vitally important literary figure. James Magnuson is a widely respected author. He has published nine well-received novels, won awards while writing for the movies and for television, and has seen so many of his plays produced that he… read more
November 20, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1IN FLIGHT: Don DeLillo’s The Silence by HENRY VEGGIAN As hard as it may be to do, try to ignore the warning. That’s what I tell myself, but it’s still there, on the inside flap of the dust jacket. It has the tone of a press release, but it sounds more like the car horn you… read more
