Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...Doug Dorst, author of Alive in Necropolis ( runner-up for..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Doug Dorst, Part Two: The Coffeehouse Transcript About 'S.' Continues!

Shout-out to JJ Abrams, who would've LOVED that peanut-butter cup.

"...… and welcome back to the Doug-Dorst-and-four-other-literary-types-talking-about-S. transcript here in the everbright pixels of your Austin..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pub Date Announced for Doug Dorst + J.J. Abrams Collaboration

Austin author and Hollywood player co-birth a book

"...especially as it involves a collaboration with Austin writer Doug Dorst...."

April 30, 2013 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...The title story in Doug Dorst's electric new collection, The Surf Guru (Riverhead Books),..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Novel Idea

J.J. Abrams to collaborate with Austin author Doug Dorst

"...Trek) and television innovator (Lost), has tapped Austin author Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis) to write a new novel...."

April 7, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Alive in Necropolis

Austin author Doug Dorst marries literary playfulness with a gritty, yet supernatural police procedural

"...Alive in Necropolisby Doug Dorst Riverhead Books, 448 pp., $25.95..."

July 11, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

"...by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams Little, Brown, and Company, 472..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

14th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...what order. For a couple of hours, Robert Byington, Doug Dorst, Elizabeth Harris, Clay Smith, and Dao Strom exchanged..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

17th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

From 500 hopefuls to five winning short stories

"...to our team of judges: Bonnie Brzozowski, Rebecca Beegle, Doug Dorst, and last year's contest winner, Greg Koehler (who,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

News/Print

Austin readings, releases, and more

"...new book on shelves today that's a collaboration between Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams. But S. is not a..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Hip Lit

The New Fiction Confab

"...literary talent today, including ZZ Packer (Drinking Coffee Elsewhere), Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis), and Wells Tower (we named..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

They've Gone and Monofonus'd the ATX Again!

Locally published treats both grisly and gratifying and in between.

"...fortunate world in just the past few years. (Note: Doug Dorst & JJ Abrams' amazing pulp-adventure-throwback/collegiate-rom-com/book-as-object masterpiece called S.,..."

Jan. 19, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Winter Break Reading

Chronicle staff pages through its reading to-do list

"...a strange and seductive book collaboration between Austin author Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams, and now I'm headed straight..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Books Post by Chronicle staff

Who's Afraid of Gertrude Stein?

Not your Tender Buttons-loving friends at Monofonus Press, to be sure.

"...the man who recently participated in our discussion of Doug Dorst & J.J. Abrams' remarkable S....."

April 23, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...out, titillates real good when he teams with author Doug Dorst to produce the gloriously embellished, metafictive mystery of..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Brenner's Top 5 Interviews of 2013

Because these people said some, we mean, surprising stuff.

"...or comedian Chris Cubas or that five-person colloquy about Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams' S. or the time that..."

Dec. 17, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

news/print

Festivals galore for poetry and prose enthusiasts

"...Dinaw Mengestu, Julie Orringer, and Austinites Amanda Eyre Ward, Doug Dorst, Amelia Gray, and Jake Silverstein. This one's free..."

April 1, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...get, was The Surf Guru (Riverhead Books), Austin author Doug Dorst's wildly whizzing and very finely written first short..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Something 'Weird' This Way Comes

Amelia Gray's winning experiment in oddity

"...I mention that another Austin writer, Doug Dorst, has a hair-chewing story in his recent book,..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Monica Riese

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...their "Everyday Magic" panel. While they answered seriously moderator Doug Dorst's questions about their process, their influences, their experiences..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Who Dares Try to Out-Author the Authors, Onstage and Off the Cuff?

Institution Theater improvisers wreak creativity on published works

"...who've already commanded the spotlight: Deano Jones, Owen Egerton, Doug Dorst, and Manuel Gonzales.) After that, the author sits..."

June 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ben Fountain's Coming to San Marcos

Mayor's Book Club author joins TSU English Department

"...join the already impressive creative writing faculty, which includes Doug Dorst, Steve Wilson, Debra Monroe, and others...."

April 22, 2013 Books Post

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...in discussions moderated by local authors ZZ Packer and Doug Dorst. Audience members may also submit questions for the..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Bedside Manner

So I'm trying this new thing …

"...contributors include Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Sterling, Heidi Julavits, and Doug Dorst. Bonus: Pictures! Maybe those kitty saucers and crumb..."

June 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

In the 'Pale'

HRC & David Foster Wallace, plus the New Fiction Confab

"...Rainey Hall. (We recommend arriving very early.) Kevin Brockmeier, Doug Dorst, Julie Orringer, and Jake Silverstein will read excerpts..."

April 15, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantods Gonna Howl: Consider the Archive!

Harry Ransom Center previews its David Foster Wallace collection

"...yes, the above-referenced gems will be read tonight, by Doug Dorst, Jake Silverstein, Elizabeth Crane, Owen Egerton, Chris Gibson,..."

Sept. 14, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Judges

"...Doug Dorst is the author of the novel Alive in..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature

2008 Texas Book Festival

"...Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis)..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature

The Judges

The 14th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...Doug Dorst, who teaches creative writing at St. Edward's University,..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature

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