The Best Short Stories Oct 2, 2009
Work from Jesus Son by Denis Johnson. What started as an assortment of barroom tales became one of the most important collections of American short fiction to date. (Suite101.com)
Community Calendar and Area Events Jul 26, 2009
The Night Owl Book Discussion Group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. The June title is "Tree of Smoke" by Denis Johnson. Books are available for checkout or to purchase, $5. (Lake Wales News, FL)
'Oscar Wao's' stage name: 'Fuk Americanus' May 13, 2009
His company, Campo Santo, along with Intersection, has worked with the likes of Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida and Denis Johnson, turning prose into plays. Campo Santo turned a Diaz short story, "The Sun, the Moon, the Stars," into a theater piece as part of an evening called "Haze" in 2006. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Noir goes uptown May 3, 2009
NOBODY MOVE By Denis Johnson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 196 pp ... Instead, this fast, funny diversion is protean writer Denis Johnson's sly follow-up to his Vietnam epic "Tree of Smoke," winner of the 2007 National Book Award. (Boston Globe)
