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Dallas’ Ben Fountain gets gold star from NYT’s Maslin
comments () Last week, we brought you Beatriz Terrazas’ story of Dallas author Ben Fountain, and how his novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, was a debut that was decades in the making. We also...
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Texas Book Festival: Ben Fountain and David Abrams on the literary power of...
comments ()As I have said before, I am fond of the Ezra Pound quote, “Literature is news that stays news.” I am particularly fond of it when I am catching up on literary news from days earlier. But the...
View ArticleFountain, Harrigan win Texas Institute of Letters awards
The Texas Institute of Letters has honored Ben Fountain with its top prize for fiction, while fellow literary icon Stephen Harrigan was recognized for lifetime achievement. At Saturday’s gathering in...
View ArticleArts Pulitzers list; where was Ben Fountain?
The breaking horror from Boston makes book chat seem trivial. But for those following the literary news of the day: The local angle related to the Pulitzers was that Ben Fountain was not the winner,...
View ArticleAwards roundup: Ben Fountain, Kevin Powers are winners
Two Texas authors have added to their growing list of honors for their war-related novels. On Friday, Ben Fountain won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. According to...
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Vognar: Ben Fountain and Hugh Aynesworth tell JFK assassination tales at...
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