A Confederacy of Dunces

The Goddess Fortuna in an Attempt to Make Sense of It All

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Art, Prospect 2, John Kennedy Toole, Confederacy of Dunces, Culture, A Confederacy of Dunces, Installation Art, Books News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

An interpretation of A Confederacy of Dunces is planned for the Brulatour House Courtyard in New Orleans as part of art biennial Prospect 2. The courtyard will play host to the dreamscape of the haplessly bombastic Ignatius J. Reilly.

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10 Unrealized Book Adaptations That We'd Like To Have Seen

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Heart of Darkness, Book Adaptations, Book to Film Adaptations, Film Adaptations, A Confederacy of Dunces, Unrealized Book Adaptations, Books News

From Flavorwire: When Universal announced last year that an epic adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower was in the works, which would includ...

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Spotted Reading In Public: Summer Reads On The Way To The Beach

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Neil Gaiman, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, A Confederacy of Dunces, Reading in Public, Nick Hornby, Jules Verne, Spotted Reading in Public, Dune, Books News

New Yorkers read in public constantly, and we've spotted them reading plenty this summer on the way to the beach. And like the City itself, the collec...

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Literary Characters Who Should Be Tweeting

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Moby Dick, On the Road, Literary Characters, Twitter, Jack Kerouac, A Confederacy of Dunces, Kafka, The Metamorphosis, Faulkner, Lolita, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sound and the Fury, Books News

As any true Joyce fan knows, Bloomsday is fast approaching, and this year, thanks to Twitter, there will be a new way to celebrate. One dedicated fan ...

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From Huck Finn To Holden Caulfield: Top 10 Outsiders' Stories

guardian.co.uk | Stephen Kelman | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, George Orwell, A Confederacy of Dunces, Holden Caulfield, Huck Finn, Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English, Desmond Elliott Prize, Books News

Stephen Kelman was born in 1976. After finishing his degree he worked variously as a warehouse operative, a careworker, and in marketing and local gov...

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