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Thanks to my pal @wallacelester for this shot. Always been a big dream to have books on the shelves at Shakespeare and Company.

It’s Martin Scorsese’s 77th birthday. My first movie of his, weirdly enough, was THE COLOR OF MONEY. After that, around 12 or 13, was GOODFELLAS—which I memorized—and then I asked for the VHS of TAXI DRIVER for Xmas soon after and I became fully devout. I saw everything from before and everything new as it came out. Being a half-Italian Catholic kid growing up in Brooklyn, early Scorsese movies felt so achingly familiar, which was something I’d never experienced before (or since really). They’re church, they’re home, they’re family. Aside from his own features and docs, I can’t even name how many movies I first saw because of A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES. I also read Wharton and Kazantzakis and Endō and first listened to The Band because of Scorsese. There’s no end to my admiration of his work and the work he’s done to preserve and promote cinema. Man, I can’t wait to see THE IRISHMAN.

A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF gets a nice mention from Jake Kerridge in the Telegraph.

Connolly (who changed her name to Winter for a while and now wants to go by Mal) has made her Xmas list: Pocket knife / jewelry box / Mal’s wig (does she need a wig to fully become Mal?) / heart necklace locket with family picture / she wishes she had hair down to her butt

Car lights (after Marie Menken)

So damn happy to have a new novel from Dave Newman in the world. Finally digging into EAST PITTSBURGH DOWNLOW & enjoying the hell out of it. Recommend picking up a copy immediately and then going out to get RAYMOND CARVER WILL NOT RAISE OUR CHILDREN and everything else of Newman’s.

SVE & Julien Baker at the Ryman in April!

The new issue of Southwest Review is available now. It features Part 2 of my novella, EVERYTHING IS BROKEN. It also features a story by my dear pal Jack Pendarvis. Link to read Part 1 of EVERYTHING IS BROKEN in my bio.

A damn good day at Square Books. Got this book of poems that @jpkssongs recommended & the Complete Stories of one of my writing heroes (out officially 11/26 but I guess SB gets to sell them early).

Jesus is a truck. MS Highway 30.

THE LONELY WITNESS (aka EINSAME ZEUGIN) reviewed in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung! (Amy Falconetti is the Shadow Woman...)

The first part of my novella, EVERYTHING IS BROKEN, is now online at Southwest Review. Link in bio. This is the only part that will be posted online. 2, 3, and 4 will be published over the next three issues—subscribe to the print edition to read them.

The scene in my office.

Jim Jarmusch at Indie Memphis in conversation with Miriam Bale.

At the Indie Memphis Film Festival 30th anniversary screening of MYSTERY TRAIN. Q&A with Jim Jarmusch to follow.

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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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