Cory MacLauchlin

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...

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...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Yesterday President Obama and his daughters stopped by my local independent bookstore One More Page Books...

John is also deeply connected to the Toole story.  He was neighbors with the Tooles growing up. He walked with little Kenny on the first...

It really is a fine book, especially from a design perspective.  From the font choices to the photo insert, it is well thought-out and...

However, I hadn’t realized until we were well into the interview that it was the first time since I had finished the book that I was...

This Tuesday is Mardi Gras and New Orleans is in full swing. It’s a time for revelry and abandonment, but for many New Orleanians it is...

Photo credit: Flickr user Steve Voght With the election year gaining steam I am noticing an increasing use of the popular phrase...

During my last trip to the Toole Papers at Tulane I had an experience that literally sent chills down my spine.  I spent an hour...

After nearly five years of research and eight months of intense writing, rewriting and editing, I submitted the first draft of Butterfly...