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Tag Archives: Elmore Leonard
The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell
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Quote Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In Benson, Ruben Vega had to find the right church first, St. John the Apostle, then had to lie to the priest to get him to come from the priest house to the church to hear his confession. … Continue reading
I Can’t Even Remember What It Was I Came Here To Get Away From: An Interview With Lloyd Fonvielle
Blowhard, Esq. writes: If you’re a regular visitor here, you’ve probably seen one of us mention friend-of-the-blog Lloyd Fonvielle before. I met Lloyd about a year and a half ago on Facebook where he’s a lively and generous presence. We struck … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Interviews, Movies, Photography
Tagged Ben Johnson, Disney, Elmore Leonard, Ernest Hemingway, George Balanchine, Hollywood, James Agee, Kevin Jarre, Las Vegas, Lincoln Kirstein, Lloyd Fonvielle, Los Angeles, Michael Chapman, New York, New York TImes, North Carolina, self-publishing, Shelby Foote, shithead Hollywood executives, The Mummy, The Odeon, Tommy Lee Jones, Toni Bentley, Virginia Madsen, Walker Evans, William Eggleston, Woody Allen
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Linkage
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A kid saves a classmate from a potential stabbing, but Canadian schools don’t want any heroes. Doctors and hospitals are stuck in the 1800s. Michael Kinsley Political Gaffe of the Day. Marxist literary critic Terry Eagleton thinks … Continue reading
“Blood Meridian,” a Western for People Who Hate Westerns
Blowhard, Esq. writes: This summer I read two wonderful novels, Hombre and Valdez is Coming, early Westerns written by the masterful Elmore Leonard. After finishing those books I decided it was time to tackle one of the Big Kahunas of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged Blood Meridian, Bulwer-Lytton, Chip Kidd, Coen Brothers, Cormac McCarthy, David Pearson, Elmore Leonard, fancy writin', Glanton Gang, Harold Bloom, Heart of Darkness, Hombre, Moby-Dick, No Country for Old Men, Patrick O'Brian, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, Valdez is Coming, westerns
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Michael Chabon Likes Genre Fiction, Punts on Endorsing It
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In a recent NYT interview of Michael Chabon for the Book section, the following exchange took place: You can suggest three books to a literary snob who believes genre fiction has no merit. What’s on the list? … Continue reading
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