Author: Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.

Books Read: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces

I thought it was time for some modern literature to come around on the guitar, and John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the Pulitzer Prize winners I had in my Nearly Infinite Library. (Others in there that I considered (and the reasons for not reading them just now) were Michael Chabon’s… Continue reading Books Read: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces

Turkey City

I spent all day attending the Turkey City Writer’s Workshop with: Bruce Sterling Meghan McCarron Jayme Lynn Blaschke Elze Hamilton Caroline Joachim Paul Miles Chris Nakashima-Brown Lawrence Person Jessica Reisman Fred Stanton Jenn Whitson Any boy am I tired…