Joe Lansdale's 2011 Plans

Mucho Mojo author talks World Horror Con, Michael Moorcock, and film plans

"...definitely be attending is the author with Mucho Mojo, Joe Lansdale. "I'm the toast master," he explained recently, "so..."

April 4, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...the Popcorn King, a tribute to and examination of Joe Lansdale, the Lone Star State's "writer of the purple..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale, His Ownself, at Bookpeople

Joe Lansdale at Book People Thurs, April 5

"...pine for new work from Texas's own national treasure, Joe R. Lansdale, Nacogdoches native and genre-defying literary genius nonpareil...."

April 3, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...Joe R. Lansdale may be the most famous unknown writer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Feral Lansdale

Joe Lansdale heading to Austin, and Bubba's comin' with him

"...up an chance to drink in the presence of Joe Lansdale. On June 16 the king of East Texas..."

June 8, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lansdale's Revenge

For umpty-some years now Joe Lansdale has been terrorizing the book world with radically weird, unsettlingly violent, and often indefinable short stories, novellas, and novels. What happens when he veers toward the mainstream?

"...You know Joe Lansdale, don't you? For umpty-some years now, the East..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Lansdale Unraveled

How a cult director translated a cult author to craft a surefire cult favor

"...Of all the hundreds of stories that Nacogdoches-based writer Joe R. Lansdale has written in his life -- outrageous..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Joe R. Lansdale Reviewed

"...High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

The Neal and Joe Show: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

"...The Neal and Joe Show: Bigger, Longer, UncutNeal Barrett Jr. and Joe Lansdale..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...Joe Lansdale was 4 when his father bought him a..."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...When writer/director Jim Mickle started reading Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July, he expected a by-the-numbers..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cold in July

A dream lineup is one of many treats in this East Texas neo-noir based on a Joe Lansdale book.

"...Cold in July is based on a novel by Joe Lansdale, and the screenplay is adapted by director Jim..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After ArmadilloCon

Science fiction convention short on cosplay, big on literary advice

"...former service personel (including Dave Duggins, guest of honor Joe Haldeman and local author Elizabeth Moon) as proof of..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...actor Lawrence Tierney through his big scene, where gangster Joe Cabot gives his jewelry heist crew their nicknames...."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

East Texas Noir

Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard get a swampy series

"...Joe R. Lansdale is loving his moment in the sun...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In the Thicket of It

Prolific Texan author Joe R. Lansdale is back with a hellish and hilarious new novel

"...Like pretty much all of Joe R. Lansdale's bibliography, it's a Mr. Toad's wild ride..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale

Lansdale is Lansdale, his ownself, sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable

"...SANCTIFIED AND CHICKEN-FRIED: THE PORTABLE LANSDALEby Joe R. Lansdale University of Texas Press, 212 pp.,..."

June 26, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

A Double Shot of Wry

Author Neal Barrett, Jr.

"...that crackles with wit and intelligence. His close friend Joe Lansdale, a writer of no mean skill, calls Barrett..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Going Home to the Armadillo

After 30 years, the song remains the same at ArmadilloCon, Texas' favorite sci-fi convention

"...faith in the quiet power of talking about books. Joe Lansdale, the boss of East Texas Gothic and an..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace

"...by Joe Lansdale Mysterious Press, $22 hard..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature

The Grease Trap

"...Twenty years have passed since Nacogdoches native Joe Lansdale published his first novel (Act of Love), and..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Cowboys Versus Witches in The Pale Door

Austinite Aaron B. Koontz's weird, weird West

"...said, "I said those words in front of a Lansdale, and he says, 'You should make the movie,' and..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Book Festival

Chapter Three

"...to have caught on to the phenomenon that is Joe "Deputy Dawg" Lansdale. Of course, here in the Lone..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. This week's list of bestsellers is from Adventures in Crime and Space Books, 609-A W. Sixth.

"...5. Triple Feature by Joe Lansdale..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Column

Got Their Mojo Workin'

Mojo Press Gets Weird

"..."I guess it all started when Joe Lansdale approached me in September of '93 about doing..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

God Help Us

Austinite Stephen Romano's psychotic collaboration with Don Coscarelli launches Showtime's 'Masters of Horror' series

"...Hooper, John Landis, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, William Malone, John McNaughton, and Lucky McKee –..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spotlight on Texas Book Festival Authors

Taking a look back at the 'Chronicle's coverage so far

"...Joe Lansdale (Edge of Dark Water) http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2012-04-03/joe-lansdale-his-ownself-at-bookpeople/..."

Sept. 13, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Quotes From Lonestarcon2

"..."The world is goofier than you imagine." -- Joe Lansdale..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature

Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015

Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books

"...In my favorite 2015 read, Joe Lansdale takes on the mythically true-ish story of Nat..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Joe R. Lansdale talks about the Bubba Ho-Tep sequel, King of the Hill gets canceled … again, Owen Egerton and pals sell a script, and more

"...on the Festival at www.sxsw.com… Ran into Nacogdoches writer Joe R. Lansdale at the Texas Book Festival, and he..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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