Category Archives: Willeford

Rediscovered: The Willeford Centennial

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Don

One hundred years ago today Charles Willeford was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. January 2, 1919-March 27, 1988 — and that March 27th happened to be Palm Sunday, that year. One of the absolute greats.

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Rediscovered: NYT Flogs Cockfighter

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Don

Chad Calkins just tipped me to a feature in the New York Times where their in-house book critics do a year’s end roundup, of interest here because they are asked about older titles they may have read in 2018. Dwight … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Oakley Hall and 1940s California

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Don

If you want to check it out, my latest review for PW just popped. The gist and much of the wordage is mine (if you can’t tell the especially distinct Don Herron touch, you’re unfamiliar with my writings of the … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: A Heist Flick, with Jagger

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Don

And a Tip of the Fedora to John Hocking, who popped in the news that Mick Jagger has been plugged into the cast for the movie of The Burnt Orange Heresy. The more potentially distressing news unveiled by Variety portrays the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Willeford’s Pick-Up, from Cult to Canon

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Don

Just got a notice that the Library of America eBook of Pick-Up — usually tagged at $6.99 — is yours for $2.99 for two weeks. You’ll have to figure out the hoops you need to jump through to grab the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Understudy for Love/Death

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Don

In other Willeford News, Hard Case Crime is poised for the official release of Understudy for Death in about a month — first time Willeford’s 1961 novel Understudy for Love has seen reprint. If you’ve never been willing to fork over … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Heresy

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Don

In February, when I was generally distracted, the publisher Vince Emery passed along a link to a Hollywood Reporter article on the possible or upcoming movie of the Charles Willeford novel The Burnt Orange Heresy. Who knows if it’ll make it … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Me and Willeford in a Comic Book

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Don

Brian Van Gold of Oakland just did a little homegrown comic book featuring me and Willeford — mostly Willeford. I show up in a one-page anecdote illustrating the time Willeford informed me that All Great Literature is Depressing. I think this … Continue reading →

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Tour: Sundays April 9 and 23

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Don

Image: Dashiell Hammett Tour perched atop the Stockton Tunnel, about to hike over to where Miles Archer got his. . . . Anyone who wants to show up clutching a $20 with four hours to kill —- no appointment necessary — can … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Kind of Willefordian Resume of David Yow

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Don

Got a note in from Devon Morf, who sprang into action on the tip I just gave out: “Thanks for the recommendation on I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Watched it last night. “Recognized the villain as … Continue reading →

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