The recent deaths of Norman Mailer and Hunter S Thompson mark the end of the serious-writer-as-celebrity figure in America, a tradition that began with Mark Twain and reached its apogee with Ernest Hemingway. From now on, unless an author manages to piss off Oprah Winfrey, there is little chance that he will break through the membrane that envelops the literary scene to enter the mass consciousness.

Literary Review

Oct 2008

Categories

Stephen Amidon

Dog’s Tale

Coming Out Fighting

Bean Around the World

Psychological Effects of the Civil War

Lack of Money Poisoned his Soul at First

A Breed Apart

Conspiracy of Chaos

Still Raging

Faith, Fate and Teens in America

The Art of Eccentricity

Heat of the Moment

Driven To Succeed

Chinese Whispers

Superdad

High Plains Drifter

Satire on Steroids

The Spirit of Grim Grin