Howling out of Dark Valentine Press later this month, “It’s a Curse” is one of the Roman Dalton stories in Drunk on the Moon, tales of the werewolf detective created by Paul D. Brazill. Mr B has lured me into the crime world much like a stranger with candy. I may be some time. This…
Category: Kingsley Amis
Are You Anybody?
I had a rather surprising piece of mail this week, that made my head spin around for a minute and then re-read the message. I’ve been invited to be a keynote speaker. Huh? Me?! Apparently so. It’s the eleventh annual Craft Critique Culture Conference at the University of Iowa next April. You can see this…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: You Can’t Do Both
I read this novel in England this summer; I’ve been on a bit of an Amis kick, filling in missing volumes while I mull over the overall effect of this pursuit. Projects tends to develop this way; I get obsessed about something, immerse myself in it, then when the time is right, chuck it all…
Review: Lucky Him
Oh, Mr Amis… This picture shows up in both Lucky Him and in the Letters of Philip Larkin. It just makes me laugh. The goofy expression of someone caught by surprise and making a funny face to cover it up. The two of them, Amis and Larkin, were close friends and correspondents, as I’ve mentioned…
Between Work and Wit
That it is National Poetry Month has not escaped me, but I will not bother to mention it as 1) I am not a poet and 2) poets get far too much attention as it is and 3) there are far too many bad poets who would only find this encouragement to go on. They…
K. A. Laity 