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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cmaclauchlin
- Sep 11, 2022
- 1 min
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...
cmaclauchlin
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
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...
cmaclauchlin
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 5 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 2 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
<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....
cmaclauchlin
- Mar 26, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 1 min
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, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2012
- 1 min
Happy Birthday John Kennedy Toole!
Toole in Washington, DC. May 1954. Courtesy of Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University. Edited by Joseph Sanford. Today,...
cmaclauchlin
- Nov 25, 2012
- 2 min
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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