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Kinky Friedman’s long-awaited authorized biography debuts today! EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS

He has performed with Bob Dylan, traveled with Led Zeppelin on their private plane, and partied with John Belushi, Robin Williams, Don Imus, Lowell George, Levon Helm, Eric Clapton, Iggy Pop, Mike Bloomfield, and Dennis Hopper. When his cocaine habit nearly killed him, he returned to Texas and wrote 30 books, including 18 detective novels, as well as memoirs with Willie Nelson and Billy Bob Thornton. More than 547,000 Texans voted for him when he ran for governor in 2006, and friends Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffet, and Lyle Lovett helped with fundraisers.

Kinky Friedman is a true Renaissance man, and in EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS: The Life and Times of Kinky Friedman (Backbeat Books Hardcover, November 15, 2017, $29.99), biographer Mary Lou Sullivan provides an intimate look at Richard “Kinky” Friedman culled from hours of candid, in-depth interviews with the Kinkster, his friends, and his associates.

Kinky and his loyal biographer are on tour this week offering combo performances of Kinky’s music, wit and wisdom and book signings for Mary Lou’s new biography:

Wednesday, November 15 – AUSTIN – The Townsend

Thursday, November 16 – HOUSTON – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

Friday, November 17 – DALLAS – Poor David’s Pub

Saturday, November 18 – LOS ANGELES – McCabe’s Guitar Shop

If you can’t make it to any of these shows, you can read all about Kinky in this month’s FOREWORD REVIEWS – that’s him on the cover of the November/December holiday issue! You can also catch him on ABC RADIO/Don Imus , DALLAS MORNING NEWS/Guide Live , THE ADAM CAROLLA PODCAST, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, AUSTIN CHRONICLE, ARGONAUT MAGAZINE, Fox News RADIO, and ROLLING STONE!

Filed Under: Biography, Books, News & Announcements, Uncategorized Tagged With: Kinkster, KinkyBiography, KinkyFriedman, MaryLouSullivan, MusicBiography, Texas

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KATHARINE LEE BATES by Melinda Ponder Launches Today!

How I loved this splendid biography!  Melinda Ponder brings Katharine Lee Bates to life as never before. And what a fascinating, remarkable woman she was – so much more important in the history and literature of our country than I had realized.”

–Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize historian

 Katharine Lee Bates’s “America the Beautiful” resonates for many people as the most patriotic and beloved American anthem. Her words remind us of why we love our country: the beauty of our land, the historic sacrifices of our people, and our ideals of hope and brotherhood. That has never been more important than today.

Drawing on extensive research in Bates family diaries, letters, and memoirs, biographer Melinda M. Ponder brings Katharine vividly to life in her new biography that launches today, KATHARINE LEE BATES: From Sea to Shining Sea (Windy City Publishers Hardcover; August 12, 2017; $39.95).

Early reviews are extremely positive:

Finally, a full portrait of the wise and witty woman who wrote the words that best express our love for America. Melinda Ponder’s rich narrative is a timely reminder that intellect, integrity and a rigorous respect for truth are the real pillars of patriotism.” –Lynn Sherr, former ABC News correspondent and author of America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind America’s Favorite Song

“We all know ‘America the Beautiful,’ but only now do we learn the fascinating story of the woman who wrote it–along with so much more. This book is a stirring tribute to a brilliant and deeply patriotic American whose message we need to hear today.” —Stephen Kinzer, historian and author of The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

“…[A] carefully researched and thoroughly entrancing life tale of a brilliant and accomplished woman whose many achievements have too long been eclipsed by the enduring success of America the Beautiful. … Ponder wisely sets this triumph in the context of a full and richly lived life.” –Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast 

“Melinda Ponder’s … beautifully written biography presents Katharine Lee Bates as, in her time, a ‘New Woman.’ Readers will find that this life story of a beloved poet, patriot, and social reformer has much to say about our own time.” –The Falmouth Enterprise 

“Katharine Lee Bates: From Sea to Shining Sea unfolds at long last the impressive life story and strikingly variegated career of the author of America’s unofficial national anthem. A limit-bumping thinker ahead of her time, sometimes even at odds with it, Katharine Lee Bates also had a remarkable gift for reaching the broader American public.” — Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of New England Literary Culture and The Dream of the Great American Novel

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Filed Under: Biography, News & Announcements, Uncategorized Tagged With: AmericanHistory, AmericaTheBeautiful, DorisKearnsGoodwin, KatharineLeeBates, MelindaPonder, NewEnglandHistory, Wellesley, WellesleyAlumni, WellesleyCollege, WindyCityPublishers, WomensHistory

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EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET receives rave reviews from Irish and mainstream press

EXILE_BRIDGE_STREET_Eamon_LoingsighWe’ve been fans of Eamon Loingsigh’s writing for some time now. We had the privilege to work on his debut novel, LIGHT OF THE DIDDICOY, and now we’re excited to be helping to spread the word regarding his new work, EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET.

 

Reviews are starting to come in, and the Irish press, indy press — ALL the press — are loving this new novel. Check out  what they have to say:

 

“In his beautiful, passionate prose, Loingsigh — an Irishman himself — continually reminds us of the motherland and the suffering of Irish emigrants. . . . EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET is a gangster story that reads more like “Robin Hood” than The Godfather because of these men’s inner strength and the love they have for each other. . . .
It’s also an intimate look at criminals whose lives have been hardened by oppression and weathered by storms, while inside their rough shells they hide soft hearts.”
—Washington Independent Review of Books

 

“When accomplished Irish American writers address the lives and experiences of the early 20th century Irish in New York they are recording, but also in a deeper sense also reclaiming a lost heritage. This is painstaking work that’s worth celebrating in its own right, but then to give us a vivid portrait of these flinty people in all their complexity and courage is a thing to cheer about. EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET, author Eamon Loingsigh’s new novel, is a follow up to Light of the Diddicoy, and it’s a high wire act of creativity and reclamation that deserves the widest possible audience.”
 —Irish Central“

 

Loingsigh has an urgent story to tell. And he tells it well. This is a street-level history of how the other half has always lived, the kind of story rarely worried over in classrooms or political campaigns. Loingsigh’s great strength is his unsentimental take on the immigrant experience which—despite the rancor of today’s debate—often acquires a sepia tone when it is discussed in the past tense. EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET should be required reading for those who rail about how today’s immigrants “refuse to assimilate.”
–Brooklyn Rail

 

[EXILE ON BRIDGE STREET], a follow-up to his previous gripping novel The Light of the Diddicoy, is set on the rough-and-tumble streets in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, where Irish and Italian immigrants fight fiercely for control of the docks and all the jobs and money that comes with that control…On the surface, Loingsigh’s book mines Brooklyn’s gory and glorious Irish past.  But it is also the quintessential read for 21st century Brooklyn. Not only is it all too plausible that Liam McGarrity’s grandchildren are cops of firefighters living in Marine Park.  But consider all of those immigrants coming into Brooklyn these days. Love? Death? Money? Struggles in the homeland? Surely they can relate to a thing or two Liam had to endure as he was becoming an American in Brooklyn. 
—Irish Voice

 

More reviews to come soon!

Filed Under: Books, Fiction, Reviews & Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brooklyn fiction, Brooklyn literature, Eamon Loingsigh, Exile on Bridge Street, historical fiction, Indy fiction, Irish American fiction, Irish American literature, Irish-American, Literary fiction, OTRPR, Over the River Public Relations, Three Rooms Press

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Critics are singing their praises for SONGS OF MY SELFIE

SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories (Three Rooms Press Trade Paperback Original, April 2016) edited by Constance Renfrow is making a big noise in the book world!

In SONGS OF MY SELFIE, millennials speak directly about their experiences, and the result is a compelling new view of a generation that defies stereotypes. And the critics agree:Songs_of_my-Selfie

Vanessa Hudgens’ blog ASTRAL AND OPAL names it a “book that will suck you in from page 1.” 

BUSTLE calls it the #1 book that “celebrates the millennial spirit.”

BUZZFEED says it’s a “mesmerizing read for millennials.”

The TAMPA BAY TIMES featured it in their Notable Millennial Lives series.

Chicago Tribune/Redeye ChicagoC called it one of “25 books we can’t wait to get our hands on in April.”

Portland Review of Books raves, “This is a wonderful collection of stories from some of the brightest young writers today.”

San Francisco Book Review says, “This anthology dispels the myths that millennials are a generation of self-absorbed, shiftless, shallow children. Instead, these 17 writers—all age 26 or younger—paints a new cohort of intelligent people dealing with very real problems unique to their challenging economic and social situations.”

Cracked.com, advises, “If you want a preview of some writers with brighter futures than the newspapers anticipate, well, here you go.” 

To learn more about SONGS OF MY SELFIE, check out these cool links:

Twitter @SongsOfMySelfie

Facebook /SongsOfMySelfie

Pinterest: ThreeRoomsPress/quotes-from-songs-of-my-selfie

YouTube: ThreeRoomsPress/Videos/Uploads

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/jenniferrichards/playlist/0QXlxvfkEJYF18yIE6Yuim

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The Art of Horror delivers an unprecedented collection of horror-related art just in time for Halloween!

Art of Horror Book CoverHorror is all the rage this fall with TV shows like Scream Queens and American Horror Story, and movies like The Visit, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, and Crimson Peak.  In THE ART OF HORROR: An Illustrated History (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Hardcover; October 31, 2015; $40), editor Stephen Jones beautifully captures the rich artistic history of this subversive genre.

THE ART OF HORROR is a true celebration with over 500 frightful images, compiled and presented by some of the genre’s most respected names, including a foreword by cult favorite Neil Gaiman. Readers will be ensnared by the shockingly lurid and hauntingly beautiful color photos and illustrations representing every aspect of the horror genre since Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the 19th century. Editor Stephen Jones and his exceptional team of over 100 contributors have sourced visuals from archives and private collections worldwide, ensuring an unprecedented selection for those discovering the genre and the most committed fans.

Here’s what reviewers have to say about this exceptional book:
“The archetypes of horror are primeval. In The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History (published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), editor Stephen Jones draws a line from the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bast to Val Lewton’s classic B film Cat People (1942). Lavishly illustrated, The Art of Horror is a compendium of images from ancient through postmodern, accompanied by texts that serve as a history of human fear as manifested in literature and the visual arts.” —Shepherd Express

“A must-have for monster movie lovers. It’s a sumptuous visual feast of moody imagery.” —Creative Loafing

“If you’re a fan of things that go bump in the night, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, or anything related to the world of horror for that matter, this is the book for you. Even if you don’t have much knowledge on the subject, this book is certainly something worth checking out. There are images that have been seen many times before, but there are also many that have rarely seen or have never been seen before. It’s a terrific, in-depth look into the world of horror and art.” –The Examiner

“The Art of Horror is a horror fan’s dream….This book is not just loaded with great visuals, but it turned out to be a great read as well with plenty of information about the history and how it reflected society. I can’t recommend this book enough. It was done with research and care and celebrates a genre that we love so much. What more can we ask for?” — Scared Stiff Reviews
“A fine addition to your coffee table or coffin lid, The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, edited by Stephen Jones, is a horror connoisseur’s choice of movie posters, comic books, paperback and dust jacket art, pulp magazine covers, and ancient and contemporary art that gleefully dwells on the morbid predilections of the frightening genre so many fans clamor for yet know little about.’ —Zombo’s Closet

“In The Art of Horror, multi-award winning horror and dark fantasy writer and editor Stephen Jones brings together thrilling visuals of the horror genre that have bewitched audiences since the 19th century . With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this is one collection you don’t want to miss.” —Dread Central

“It’s certainly the art that you’ll buy it for, and it’s well worth it. As a long-time fan I’ve seen a LOT of horror, but this book is packed full of images and artists I’ve never heard of.” –Horror Talk

 

Filed Under: Horror, News & Announcements, Uncategorized Tagged With: Applause Books, art of horror, Halloween, horror, horror art, Neil Gaiman, vampires, witches, zombies

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