Elmore Leonard

Where Does Elmore Leonard Like To Read?

Elmore Leonard | Posted 04.15.2012

Elmore Leonard

Editors love a lot of description. I don't go in for all that. Where do I read? All over.

John Hawkes, Mos Def In For 'Jackie Brown' Prequel

Posted 04.02.2012

The list of underrated Quentin Tarantino movies starts and ends with "Jackie Brown." Released in 1997, "Brown" was Tarantino's follow-up to the indust...

Desmond Harrington Plays A Deadly Game On 'Justified'

Posted 03.19.2012

HuffPost TV Critic Maureen Ryan does a great job of breaking down why each new episode of "Justified" (Tue., 10 p.m. EST on FX) goes down so smoothly ...

'Justified' Review: The Many Delights Of One Of TV's Finest Dramas

Maureen Ryan | Posted 03.18.2012

Maureen Ryan

"Justified" makes the case that even people who make bad choices are worth spending time with -- if they have a code, if they have some kind of loyalty to the place they're from, if they have decent manners, damn it.

Justified Returns for a Third Season With Guns Blazing

Morgan Glennon | Posted 03.14.2012

Morgan Glennon

Justified is a rare treat, a show with subtle humor, humanity and flawed heroes and antiheroes that feel like real people. Coming off a phenomenal second season, it would have been easy for the show to drop the ball.

Chats With George Benson, John McLaughlin, Fred Schneider of The B-52's, and L.A. Guns' Tracii Guns, Plus Lisa Hannigan's New Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.20.2011

Mike Ragogna

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How to Write a Sentence -- and Why

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Nina Sankovitch

Stanley Fish's new book, How to Write A Sentence, is a fun book to read for the provided quotations alone. But don't skip the stuff in-between. That's where the lessons are.

Nicole Krauss, Lynd Ward And 'Trash'

Posted 05.25.2011

"Djibouti" by Elmore Leonard The New York Times: "Neither Dara, Xavier nor, apparently, Mr. Leonard is exactly sure what opportunities Djibouti will ...

'True Blood,' 'Dexter,' 'Game Of Thrones': TV Brings Big Success To Books

Variety | Gordon Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

Now that HBO has greenlighted the new series "Game of Thrones," it's not just TV execs who are hoping for the next "True Blood." Also keeping their f...

The Hard-Won Legacy of Gene Hackman

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

John Farr

The story of Gene Hackman, who quietly turned eighty just two months ago, is one of raw will and talent overcoming a host of limitations that would have defeated most people.

Boston's Criminal Underworld: 'The Friends Of Eddie Coyle' Gets Lavish Praise

The New Yorker | Posted by Ian Crouch | Posted 05.25.2011

When an overlooked novel gets a sudden spate of attention, its admirers get in line to lavish praise. And so it is with Picador's fortieth-anniversary...

10 Rules For Writing Fiction: Margaret Atwood, Elmore Leonard, Richard Ford And Others Share Their Tips

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again -- if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 ...

You Want My Opinion? Never. Write. Again.

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Ruth Fowler

Do you really want to be a writer? You really want to spend 10 hours a day locked to a laptop, worrying about how you're going to pay rent, and if it's OK to eat that loaf if you cut off the green bits?

Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

Rick Horowitz

The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.