He’s been on our mind a lot lately, because he’s prominently featured in DEADLINE ARTISTS: AMERICA’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER COLUMNS, edited by John Avlon, Jesse Angelo and Errol Louis, on sale this Wednesday. We had a copy of the book at the Brooklyn Book Festival and a girl picked it up, landed randomly on a Royko column, and read the whole column right there in front of our table, laughing throughout.
Royko is, of course, in great company in DEADLINE ARTISTS, but he’s one of the most-featured columnists in the book, for obvious reasons.
In DEADLINE ARTISTS, you’ll find…
Daley Embodied Chicago
John Wayne’s True Grit
How to Cure a Hangover
Slats Mistakes GOP for GOD
Picasso and the Cultural Rebirth of Chicago
Hope our Chicago friends go to the Billy Goat today to toast a man who was truly one of America’s greatest newspaper columnists. For those of us not lucky enough to be on Michigan Avenue today, head on over to DeadlineArtists.com to read DALEY EMBODIED CHICAGO in full. If you’re not already a Royko fan, you’ll see what we mean. Thanks, Mike.
The Overlook Press hopes to see you this weekend at The Brooklyn Book Festival! This fantastic literary festival takes place on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 10 AM - 6 PM, at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza. One of America’s premier book festivals, this hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages.
We'll have our own booth, so please stop by and see both new releases and Overlook favorites - all available at amazingly low Brooklyn Book Festival prices. September releases Deadline Artists, Epic Win for Anonymous, Haiti, Plugged will be on display, as well our beloved Collector's Wodehouse series and the Charles Portis backlist.
We're also thrilled to have
Eoin Colfer, author of
Pluggged, at the festival this year. Eoin will be on a 3pm panel, "
Gumshoe," with Walter Mosley and Joyce Carol Oates, at the St. Ann and Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street.
After the festival, Eoin will be honored at the
Irish Arts Center, 55 W. 53rd Street in Manhattan, 6:30pm. This very special evening will feature Eoin reading from his debut crime novel
Plugged, as well a Q & A session, with a reception to follow.
Who better than Peggy Noonan to ask to read an early copy of DEADLINE ARTISTS: The Greatest Newspaper Columns by America's Greatest Newspaper Columnists, edited by Jesse Angelo, John P. Avlon, and Errol Louis? We loved her reaction:
"An indispensible anthology of an American art form — a broad and brilliantly chosen compilation of the best newspaper column writing past and present — and a real feast. I couldn't stop reading. The stories, yarns, insights and characters — the immediacy and passion — still resonate, still make you laugh, and think."
Deadline Artists goes on-sale on September 1, 2011, but fans of American journalism's greatest hits can pre-order now.
Thanks for the terrific birthday tribute. Read this if you want to see why Dad hated his birthday:
http://www.davidroyko.com/apps/blog/show/4822879-dad-would-ve-been-78-today
Dave Royko