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Really excited to be part of this virtual Noir at the Bar Queens in support of the great @kewandwillow. What a lineup. Be there & buy some books! Friday 4/3, 7pm Eastern. All the dope’s at the link in my bio.

Quarantine Day 15 read. So great.

LOVED (Dir. Erin Dignam, 1997)

Now that @jackpendarvis is on Instagram, I can share this, the greatest text I’ve ever gotten

Southwest Review and @tylerdawsonkeith teamed up to do a new podcast, RIP IT UP! I'm the first guest. We recorded this weeks ago in a different world. Thanks, Tyler! Thanks, SwR! Link in bio.

A bright spot for me between panic attacks: Marilyn Stasio’s NY Times review of CITY OF MARGINS. If anyone has a print copy they can hang onto for me, I’d appreciate it. Can’t get my hands on one right now. Thanks to Reed Farrel Coleman for this pic. If you haven’t picked up CITY OF MARGINS yet, you can order it from my favorite indie, @squarebooks. They have signed copies. Link in bio.

“Boyle studies Donnie and his neighbors with a mixture of affection and despair worthy of a Bruce Springsteen song.” CITY OF MARGINS reviewed by Marilyn Stasio in The NY Times!

Story time with my kids. One of my very favorite books. Read them “Jack Strong, Slayer of 500,” about a woodcutter named Jack who kills 500 flies and then hangs a sign around his neck declaring, “I AM JACK STRONG, SLAYER OF 500.” Word gets out and the governor asks him the kill the local evil giant. So, Jack befriends the giant, bests him in a bunch of strength competitions through trickery, and then convinces him to rip out his own intestines so he can run faster!

Read my long story, “Cruising the El Nora Motel,” at byNWR.com. Link in bio.

Paddy’s Day reading.

Guy Maddin’s THE GREEN FOG is currently streaming free on Vimeo. Impossible not to fall into its rhythms. A work of great beauty.

MADAM SATAN (Cecil B. DeMille, 1930)

Moonrise (1881) by Polish realist painter Stanisław Masłowski (1853-1926)

Lots of incredible films leaving Criterion Channel on 3/31. Just watched COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA for the first time and was totally blown away. Shirley Booth gives one of the best performances I've ever seen. Truly.

In the middle of the coronavirus outbreak, JCO comes hard at HIS GIRL FRIDAY. What the shit?

“On soft spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars—Something good will come out of all things yet—And it will be golden and eternal just like that—There’s no need to say another word.” Closing lines of BIG SUR. Happy birthday, Jack.

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Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Wrong Number

February 1, 2016William BoyleGravesend, Rivages/Noir, The Wrong Number Leave a comment

The cover for the French edition of Gravesend, out 3/30 from Rivages/Noir.

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