My article on All Quiet published in Time
A pitch to an editor. An appeal to Netflix. A few phone calls through some contacts, and a few weeks later I found myself in a black...
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Sep 11, 20221 min read
A New All Quiet
At nearly a century old, the 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front remains a powerful film. But it's easy to forget, when watching Lewis...
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Aug 12, 20223 min read
A Memory Keeper of New Orleans
Last week I received word that John Kennedy Toole’s childhood friend, John Geiser III, passed away. John was a walking encyclopedia of...
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Jul 26, 20221 min read
When the Sandal Snapped
Some stories, especially ones from our own lives, take time to percolate. Last week, the Free-Lance Star published my story about an...
cmaclauchlin
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Two bullets lighter
"At the end of the day, I do not want to be like E.C. Kelly, two bullets lighter with a pat on the back for being a patriot." I have been...
cmaclauchlin
Oct 1, 20172 min read
Without Puerto Rico we would not have ‘A Confederacy of Dunces.’
From 1961-1963 John Kennedy Toole was stationed at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, on the outskirts of San Juan. An honored and respected...
cmaclauchlin
Sep 19, 20143 min read
The Power of a True Story
Last night a group of actors gathered in the classroom of screenwriter Henry Griffin at the University of New Orleans to read David...
cmaclauchlin
Sep 17, 20145 min read
Because it is our duty
On a rainy day in July, I drove from Laupheim to Ichenhausen, a small village in western Bavaria where, in 1878 Carl Laemmle at twelve...
cmaclauchlin
Jun 16, 20141 min read
Carla Laemmle
Carla Laemmle, one of the last actresses of the silent film era, passed away last Friday. She was the niece of Carl Laemmle and, most...
cmaclauchlin
Jun 4, 20141 min read
New Book in the Works
This summer I begin archival research for The Moving Picture Man . I am most honored that the granddaughters of Hermann Obernauer, a man...
cmaclauchlin
Mar 26, 20141 min read
The New Orleans of A Confederacy of Dunces and John Kennedy Toole
A tour of JKT’s New Orleans is being organized for June 7, 2014. We will escape from Baton Rouge! As your guide I will show you the...
cmaclauchlin
Dec 17, 20131 min read
On John Kennedy Toole’s Birthday
JKT in his father’s car. Father and son were both passionate about automobiles. In the end, JKT chose to end his life in one. Toole’s...
cmaclauchlin
Aug 30, 20132 min read
Toole’s Legacy at Tulane
Gibson Hall, where Toole took most of his English classes. I just returned from New Orleans where I caught up with one of Toole’s...
cmaclauchlin
Jun 17, 20131 min read
<em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em> Typescript–Sold!
The young John Kennedy Toole attempts to shift gears on a tractor in Mississippi as his best friend, Cary Laird, poses for the camera....
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Mar 26, 20131 min read
44th anniversay of JKT’s death
JKT’s final resting place. Photo taken 3/26/12. Message left to Toole on the paper had been washed away by the rain. Today is the 44th...
cmaclauchlin
Mar 18, 20131 min read
BBC on <em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em>: the Movie
BBC’s Matt Wells takes a fresh look at the story behind A Confederacy of Dunces and why attempts to make the novel into a film seem to be...
cmaclauchlin
Mar 5, 20131 min read
Paperback Release, Talks and the BBC
Some new developments in the past few weeks: The paperback for Butterfly in the Typewriter will be released at the end of March with a...
cmaclauchlin
Jan 15, 20133 min read
JKT’s Library
This is not a picture of JKT’s library. Image taken from The BookCase Project There is much you can learn about a person from the books...
cmaclauchlin
Dec 17, 20121 min read
Happy Birthday John Kennedy Toole!
Toole in Washington, DC. May 1954. Courtesy of Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University. Edited by Joseph Sanford. Today,...
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Nov 25, 20122 min read
Obama and daughters at my local bookstore
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Yesterday President Obama and his daughters stopped by my local independent bookstore One More Page Books...
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