KRPS radio interview

Yesterday, I was interviewed by KRPS, a public radio station in Pittsburg, Kansas. Based out of Pittsburg State University, the station bills itself as "Public Radio for the Four States" (the NPR affiliate serves portions of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas).

The announcer interviewed me about Louise Brooks and the Louise Brooks Society. I guess I am some kind of expect or something - though Wikipedia doesn't seem to think so. (Wikipedia deleted the link to the Louise Brooks Society - claiming the website was merely a fansite.) I expect the KRPS story should appear sometime next week or there abouts.

Scrolling through the station's online archive, I noticed they had also done a story about another famous Kansas-born silent film star, Buster Keaton. That broadcast (in real media format) can be found here.

Dear Stinkpot

Publisher BearManor Media has announced the forthcoming publication of Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks, by Jan Wahl. I can't wait! It should be out in a few weeks.

Harry Kollatz Jr.

Over the years, I've had the pleasure of meeting a handful of far-flung members of the Louise Brooks Society. And yesterday, I enjoyed meeting LBS member Harry Kollatz Jr. of Richmond, Virginia. Harry was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area - and is a journalist, author (Richmond in Ragtime) and the justly celebrated organizer of Lulupalooza in 2005.

Check out Harry's website at http://harrykollatz.com/

Jan Wahl updates

Last week I received a letter from author Jan Wahl. Among other things, he thanked me for my recent review of his recent book, and mentioned that very soon he will have another book out titled Dear Stinkpot Letters from Louise Brooks. Wow wow wow. And more on that later.

Jan also mentioned he is giving a talk in Toledo this month, in conjunction with an exhibit at the Walter E. Terhune Gallery at the Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts. I believe that's near Toledo, Ohio. More on those happenings here.

Louise Brooks il diavolo a Hollywood

La Stampa, an Italian newspaper, ran an article about or mostly about Louise Brooks in today's paper. The article, by Osvalda Guerrieri, is titled "Louise Brooks il diavolo a Hollywood."

"The Vanity"

Just finished reading "The Vanity," an unpublished story by a published writer which features a distant, almost ghostly Louise Brooks character. The story, which I enjoyed a good deal - it's a kind of gentle fantasy, reminded me of the work of Jack Finney. And what's more, the story contains a couple of incidental shout-outs to the Louise Brooks Society and myself. More on it when it gets published.