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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Daniel de Visé on "Savage Journey"
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I appreciated this review of Savage Journey , which appeared in the Washington Indepedent Review of Books . Daniel de Visé zeroes in on the...
Monday, March 07, 2022
Charles Bukowski's "Post Office" at 50
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I wrote an essay about Charles Bukowski's Post Office for the Los Angeles Review of Books . Don't let the squalor fool you; this n...
Friday, March 04, 2022
TLS Brief Review of Savage Journey
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Grateful for the short, sweet review by Matt Sturrock in the Times Literary Supplement . This one is so short I've included it below. ...
Wall Street Journal Review of "Savage Journey"
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I was gratified to see Benjamin Shull's review of Savage Journey in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. I can't recall any reviews...
Friday, February 18, 2022
Hunter Thompson Chatter at The Nation Podcast and Copperfield's
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Delighted to chat about Hunter Thompson with Jon Wiener on The Nation magazine's podcast, "Start Making Sense." John Nichols...
Monday, February 14, 2022
Larry McMurtry and Lonesome Dove
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I'm rereading Larry McMurtry's Literary Life . I forgot that the Lonesome Dove Baptist Church in Ponder, TX, furnished the title for...
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Jann Wenner, Super Editor
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"Savage Journey" describes the lengths to which HST's editors went to assemble and polish his articles and books. The "Ro...
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Hunter Thompson Chat on KPFA
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I was delighted to appear on KPFA's "Letters and Politics" with Mitch Jeserich. Long-time listener, first-time guest. Fana...
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Tom Richards on Hunter Thompson
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Another smart review of Savage Journey , this one from Tom Richards in the Houston Press . He's clearly an aficionado. Check it out, I ...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022
Jonah Raskin on Savage Journey
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Welcome remarks from Jonah Raskin, and not only about the book. (He's quite right, for example, that Didion could be as scathing in her...
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