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CHICAGO 1968: The Whole World is Watching!
New Book and stocking stuffer out now...
LOS ANGELES LAUNCH & EXHIBITION/RECEPTION Thurs, 1/10 SHOW GALLERY
Edited by Nile Southern and Adam Cooper
"When the photographer who shot the Beatles captured the moment the Vietnam war came home."--The Guardian
50th Anniversary of the police riots that forever changed protest policing/surveillance tactics
as witnessed by Grove Press' heavy-hitters writing for Esquire.
with TEXT by Terry Southern + IMAGES by Michael Cooper
LOS ANGELES Book Launch and Exhibition: SHOW GALLERY Jan 10, 2019
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News
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Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017 ... |
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Ordering information for Special Edition... |
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A screening of the film, based on the novel... Is this "Magic Christian" month? Maybe... trailer for the 1969 film: |
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Perhaps
you are not stranded on a desert island. |
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July 18, 2016 |
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Here
is part 5 of a series about the 1968 Democratic Convention in
Chicago,
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The
Criterion Collection, an assemblage of greatest movies ever, More about this movie, at The Criterion Collection's website ... |
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The
Terry Southern Literary Trust and
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Many thanks to Christy Rodgers for this article ...
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Terry Southern's letters available, from ANTIBOOKCLUB: "The
greatest novelist-screenwriter ever to come out of Alvarado —
and that's wildly underselling the
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Fall 2015: Frank
Rich, writing in New York magazine, shines a literary
light on in
a feature article, Check
out the extended excerpt
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"April is the cruelest month" ? Not so fast ! TS.com
thanks Open Road Media for its special offers in April for Candy
and Red-Dirt Marijuana, as
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The
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With a new preface by author Nile Southern acknowledging CANDY's 50th anniversary this year, and featuring an extensive reminiscence from artist Richard Prince (a great fan of the novel), The CANDY Men has been reprinted by Skyhorse Publishers—and is also available as an audiobook. Winner of Colorado's
'Book of the Year' for Creative Non-Fiction, 2005, |
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New in The Paris Review: LETTERS between Terry Southern and George Plimpton. The previously unpublished correspondence shed fascinating light on Southern's 1958 interview with Henry Green—the novelist Tonybee once described as a "terrorist of language", and the man who became Southern's mentor. The hilarious exchange stands as a prime example of Southern with his 'Quality-Lit Game' on steroids—for as much as Terry disparaged the obvious rigging of the industry, he played it to a proverbial 'T'; having (quite independently from The Paris Review) sought out this inspiring novelist (Green) who had taken the novel form by storm and rewritten its rules with each outing. Terry's letters are currently being prepared for publication with ANTIBOOKCLUB for 2015. Care
to check out a few in advance? In Issue No. 22 of The Paris Review, Terry interviewed British novelist Henry Green.
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Terry
Southern's first novel, Flash and Filigree,
has been released in audio format The TS.com website noted the 40th anniversary of this novel's publication date a few years ago:
When
the founders of The Paris Review
were planning their new publication, Terry submitted a short story
from this novel-in-progress The book is available at The Guy Grand Shoppe in paperback and Kindle editions. |
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May 1st, 2014 would be Terry Southern's 90th Birthday. Who
knows what he would make of the circus we find ourselves in
these days—and what projects he'd be launching? Southernistas around the world will be celebrating. Join in the merriment: Write
something Tip of the Hat! ***** "Terry
Southern is the most profoundly witty writer of our generation..."
"If
there were a Mount Rushmore of American satire, Terry Southern
"Terry
Southern's fiction, in short form or long, is a national treasure."
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Other
news from the Southern Hemisphere 2014
is the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Publication of Candy,
2014
is the 5Oth anniversary of the film, Many
publications, including those of of the "Quality-Lit."
variety, have included feature articles on the making and ***** Director William Friedkin and others on 'Dr. Strangelove' ... (video) ***** Digital
Journal:
Dangerous
Minds: The
New York Review of Books: The
Los Angeles Times:Throwback
Thursday: A
Facebook Page: Reality
Studio: The Nation: |
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Gail
Gerber, professional dancer, actress, and Terry Southern's
companion of many years, Her
autobiography, Trippin' with Terry Southern: What I Think
I Remember, received the
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November
22, 1963 — Classic outrageous fantasy (or truth?!?) Earlier
this year, Smoke Signals,
in conjunction with the Terry Southern Literary
Trust, reprinted Terry's story, "MY MOST OUTLANDISH DRUG experience, now that I think about it, didn’t occur with beat Village or Harlem weirdos, but during a brief run with the ten-to-four Mad Ave crowd." The quintessential drug tale, inspired by a conversation Southern had with Realist editor Paul Krassner about the "parts left out of the Manchester book," includes the now classic outrageous fantasy of Lyndon Johnson having "intercourse" with JFK's neck wound — aboard Air Force One. The story first appeared in 1967 in Evergreen Review (R.I.P. Barney Rosset). AND ... |
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Open
Road has published six novels and anthologies of Terry's work in recent
months."Terry
Southern (1924–1995) was an American satirist, author, journalist,
screenwriter,
and educator and is considered one of the great literary minds of the
second half of the twentieth century.
"Kirkus
Reviews on Now Dig This, April 2001—
ELECTION 2012 —
"The
Magic Mormon":
"On November 6, every voter should
recite the epigraph from Do you need a copy? Maybe two? Perhaps 100? Visit the Guy Grand Shoppe, below ... - AND - ALSO: Long lost film END OF THE ROAD hits stands September 19th Read Nile Southern's essay on EOR in Cineaste
From the film’s opening frame, the sound-editing, music selection and a hauntingly original score by Teo Macero, combine to form a tour-de-force of exquisitely paced and interwoven textures.... End
of the Road now joins a prestigious group of formerly
‘X’- rated films, including Midnight Cowboy
(1969), and Press release from Warner Bros., August 14, 2012 —
END OF THE ROAD — |
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Gore
Vidal, 1925–2012
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And, speaking of The Magic Christian ... SEPTEMBER
6. 2012 "At
the end of the day, I suppose Terry Southern's masterpieces are
Flash and Filigree and the Dr.
Strangelove screenplay. (Some Southernistas might beg to differ, but we're a peaceful lot ... ) |
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Smoke
Signals, in conjunction with the Terry
Southern Literary Trust, has reprinted Terry's classic
story, |
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"The Art of Screenwriting", by Terry Southern (excerpt) The
Paris Review prepares to celebrate its 200th edition
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Terry's
story, "You're Too Hip, Baby" was recently
selected for inclusion
in |
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An update from Open Road Integrated Media, publisher of ebooks by Terry Southern:
Flash and Filigree — Southern's satirical dream-logic
journey through the dark heart of 1950s Los Angeles —
is now part of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. The Kindle
Owners' Lending Library gives Amazon Prime Members access to
select books to borrow and read for free as frequently as once
per month. Learn more about the program by visiting Amazon
and
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The
Paris Review, in which Terry published some of his first work,
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Independent Publisher's Awards site (category 27)Order 'Trippin' from Amazon.com |
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Paul
Krassner, editor of The Realist,
interviewed Terry Southern in 1964;
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New
York Public Library exhibit features Rare
manuscripts, new interpretations, pirated editions, and a fab
interactive online version of Voltaire's 1759
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NEW!
Terry Southern re-vamped Grand
Guy Shop
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Too close for comfort?
The
U.S. Air Force produced documentary films in the early 1960s to dispel
movie-induced fears
that a General commanding a SAC base might go "as mad as a bloody
March hare" and
send a wing of B-52s to attack the Soviet Union ... a scenario developed
by screenwriters
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter
George.
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French Quality-Lit crowd lights up over recently translated edition of:
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The
Terry Southern Summer Film Festival wrapped up on Lee Hill, biographer of Terry Southern, writes about END OF THE ROAD ...Eight films, and strong turnouts for them all ... Details ... |
New York magazine's notice ...
More on "Heavy Put-Away" — the story, and the film ...
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An essay
about Terry Southern by Christy Rodgers
that appeared in
Dissident Voice has
been featured on Arts
and Letters Daily.
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Paris
in the '50s ... Beat writers flock to the City of Light ... Olympia
Press publishes CANDY, by
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
... and the novel becomes one of most controversial
(and most pirated) literary items in publishing history.
Issue
14 of the British countercultural arts magazine and website NUDE
investigates the story of
CANDY in an extensive interview with
Nile Southern, author of
The
Candy Men: The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel CANDY.
Visit
the Official Site for
The Candy Men
Rare essay on Early Settlers' bizarre sexual practices written by Cody McCallister if indeed, that really was his name... Also:
The unproduced Click
here for a tasty sample! |
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Students in Dr. Howard Good's journalism class at the State University of New York at New Paltz undertook a study this fall of Terry Southern's 1963 Esquire article, "Twirling at Ole Miss". "Twirling",
which was later anthologized in Southern's collection
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William
Claxton, photographer of jazz musicians, writers, and other artists,
died October 13 in Los Angeles.
Terry, who called Claxton "Grand Guy Clax", also referred
to him as the "Poet of the Lens."
Among
his memorable photos is Terry with dove, published in a
collection entitled "Images of Peace."
2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Terry's first novel, Flash and Filigree, first published in London by Andre Deutsch in 1958.Among the book's earliest fans was the English novelist Henry Green, who awarded it 'Book of the Year' for the London Observer.Below are a selection of different printings, including the Grove Press edition currently in print and available through The Grand Guy Shoppe."A coolly mad book in dancing prose, Flash and Filigree is startlingly original."— Detroit Sunday Times |
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"In 1959, the novelist Terry Southern published "The Magic Christian," a darkly comic tale based on the premise that people will do anything for money. The choice of [Sarah] Palin proves that people will also do anything for political power — including rising early on a holiday weekend to make fools of themselves."
— from "Republicans Rush In", by Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, Sept. 2, 2008
the 1964 anti-war classic is serving another tour of duty...
"Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
(screenplay co-authored by Terry Southern)
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The World Premiere of Terry Southerns Plums and Prunes was held at Short Cuts Canada at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. |
An eleven-foot painting of Terry Southern by Los Angeles artist Matt Aston, created in 2003 to celebrate the New York Public Library's acquisition of the official TS' literary archive, was featured on the cover the June issue LA arts magazine CitizenLA. | ![]() |
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A set of UK postage stamps issued earlier this year features album covers by the Fab Four. This one includes many of the Liverpool Lads' favorite influencesincluding a certain Terry Southern, the one in the assemblage wearing sunglasses. |
What happens when the co-author of Candy and Dr. Strangelove is hired by the director of Tom Jones to collaborate on the script of a motion picture based on a famous novel by Evelyn Waugh? What happens is The Loved One, the movie, now out in DVD from Warner Bros. Add to the mix Haskell Wexler, Christopher Isherwood, William Claxton, John Gielgud, Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Milton Berle and Roddy McDowell and you're in for a grand time, guaranteed! | ![]() |
On
the set, 1965 |
Terry
Southern on Mickey Spillane: "I Am Mike Hammer."
(Esquire, 1963).
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"Written By Terry Southern" a presentation of films featuring some of Terry's greatest screenwriting, was held November 18-20, 2005 at The International House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Details...
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The American Film Institute cites a memorable line from 'Dr. Strangelove' (left) as one of the greatest movie lines. An NBC special on 'Saturday Night Live' during the 1980s notes Terry's unique contributions to the show (right). (Both clips Quicktime format, 1.2 MB) |
The announcement was made by the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities on October 6, 2005 at the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In September, a presentation about the book was included in Colorado AuthorsLive!, a showcase featuring award finalists, at the Denver Public Library's Central Branch.
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For more details visit The Candy Men website...
The
Outlaw Bible of American Literatureas
seen in the New York Times (with
selections by dope-fiend writers including Jim Carroll, Henry
Miller, Kathy Acker, William Burroughs, Lou Reed, Philip K. Dick,
Nelson Algren, Ken Kesey, Terry Southern, Timothy Leary, Paul
Krassner, Carlos Castenada, and numerous other literary hell-raisers) |
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The
Candy Men: The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel CANDY
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Some articles about Terry Southern, his works, and his legacy... | |
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Now
Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings
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Esquire,
October 2003, "Grooving in Chi" is included in the 2001 anthology, |
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