Thursday, October 29, 2009
D'Army Bailey: Activist, Attorney, Actor
Posted by Leonard Gill on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Friday, October 9, 2009
Yakich at Burke's: Yes?
Posted by Leonard Gill on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Yakich at Burke's: No. Due to a family emergency, poet Mark Yakich was unable to travel to Memphis for tonight's booksigning. Look for word from Burke's that the Yakich reading has been rescheduled.
Yakich/Bragg/Brewer To Read
Posted by Leonard Gill on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:58 AM
The poet is Mark Yakich. He teaches at Loyola University in New Orleans. And he's answering the good people at Ploughshares magazine when asked: "Favorite recipe." Yakich's answer on the "pshares" blog: "The Moroccan Chicken Recipe We've Waited All Our Lives For." (In the same spirit and to the question "What's on your desk," Yakich answered: "A mess.")
Moroccan chicken. A mess. How about The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine? That's the title of Yakich's most recent book, from Penguin, of poems. (And that's Yakich in a self-portrait, left.)
Interested in hearing Yakich read? He's at Burke's Book Store on Friday, October 9th, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Mark Greaney: Good Aim
Posted by Leonard Gill on Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:25 PM
So says Memphian Mark Greaney, and the quote comes from an interview on his website, markgreaneybooks.com.
So far, though, there's only one Mark Greaney book. It's a mass-market political thriller called The Gray Man (Jove), but Greaney's already sold the publisher on two sequels.
For a first-time author, this guy is getting a ton of attention. Why: Because The Gray Man is the real deal: a real page-turner. And Greaney's got a real character on his hands: a CIA operative turned assassin-for-hire named Court Gentry. Gentry's a target for intelligence outfits and paramilitary groups the world over, and yes, Gentry is used to carrying a gun on his person, but no, no need to advise him to do so.
How does it feel to be a new author on the brink of what's looking like the big time? Here's how:
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