Margaret Harrell

At Fall for the Books, George Mason U, October 11, 2018

Juan Thompson (Stories I Tell Myself) and Tim Denevi (Freak Kingdom) with me (Keep This Quiet! memoir series) at George Mason University for the "Fall for the Books" fest October 11. With us via Skype was Bill McKeen (Outlaw Journalist). For an hour and a half, we gave views on "Writing about Hunter S. Thompson." What a memorable blast - on-stage" and off. We had such fun hanging together and also sharing time, talking about our very different writing experiences - Juan being Hunte...

To read my book that features a motherload of Milton Klonsky gems - wisdom and dry wit - click here for Keep THIS Quiet Too! More Adventures with Hunter Thompson, Milton Klonsky, Jan Mensaert. Here are some links to further the introduction to Milton Klonsky. Commentary has preserved his articles in their magazine, including (under Culture and Civilization) "The New Yorker 25th Anniversary Album"; that one is on cartoons and mass culture in the era before social media. The web post "The B...

Who is in the Keep This Quiet! series? and where does it take place?The posts below will introduce major people and places in Keep This Quiet! I-IV. Hunter Thompson, who figures pivotally in Keep This Quiet! I and to a lesser but significant degree in II, has his own assortment of posts elsewhere. Below, you will find other players in Keep This Quiet! I-II, from Belgian poète maudit Jan Mensaert to poet, intellectural, guru Milton Klonsky. Also, important players in Keep This Quiet! III, like ...

Gonzo Fest is THIS WEEKEND. I am excited to be in a literary panel, along with Bill McKeen, Ron Whitehead, Juan Thompson, and Rory Feehan - moderated by Michael Lindenberger, a journalist on the editorial board of the Dallas Morning News. It will take place in the Louisville library Saturday the 15th at 4:30. Below - anticipating that event - is an excerpt of an article by Ron Whitehead in Leo Weekly: Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can’t reach. Facts are lies when the...

There was a time when books were regularly censored - not just in Communist countries. Right here in the U.S. Living in Greenwich Village, I made a friend of my next-door neighbor, and she in turn used to take trips to Europe in the pay of Maurice Girodias, a publisher notorious for bringing out banned books. Above is an interesting bit of memorabilia from my Greenwich Village days that I turned up just an hour or two ago in my basement archives. The short excerpt below describes some of Mauric...

Gonzo Fest 2019 was a lavish extravaganza. It just finished, February 20, in coordination with a Year of Hunter S. Thompson in Louisville that included a Frazier Museum exhibit and a Speed Museum exhibit, followed by a day at the Free Public Library, with panels and music. Photos from those events will follow. Meanwhile, here are two photos by Jeffrey Parrish and there is a post of GF 2019 by me photos at the bottom of this page. ...

Elizabeth Hein's novel How to Climb the Eiffel Tower kept me up to 3 a.m. the other night. In it a first-hand narrator wittily and with vulnerability describes her successful battle with cancer as a young career woman. I wouldn't have expected to be swept up in the topic, but she has a deft style and kept me reading and turning pages. Elizabeth has honored me by inviting me to contribute a Guest Blog, which you can read here. I took the occasion to write about relationships in the context of the...

SOUL SPEAK PRACTITIONERS Come out to the Joyful Jewel at the town square in Pittsborn, NC, November 8. The array of people below will be on hand with 20-minute free presentations. Note: My presentation on "Awakening Your Light Body" is at 3:20 Special feature: Lots of free things. I will be giving CDs away that contain free Orin-Sanaya Roman journeys, such as "Making Wheels of Love." I will also be giving away free 1-hour introductory sessions in "Awakening Your Light Body." You sign u...

Many thanks to Marty Flynn, owner of HST Books, who has added this post. I have reproduced the beginning below. But I am sure you will want to click "Keep Reading" at the end. First Marty introduces my text: Margaret Harrell first met Hunter when she was working on copy editing his first published book Hell’s Angels. They maintained a friendship for years after. She is an accomplished author herself, In-particularly of the Keep This Quiet series where Hunter gets a significant mention. For any ...

The series title comes from the envelope above, which Hunter sent me (his copy editor for Hell's Angels) upon learning what I looked like. And how young I was. Keep This Quiet! comes replete with letters and other materials from Hunter - not available elsewhere - about the Hell's Angels period. It also corrects some widely touted anecdotes. I was not only Hunter's copyeditor/Assistant Editor on Hell's Angels but also a friend. What is KTQ! about??? Kirkus Reviews says Harrell’s memoir ...

Margaret A. Harrell

At Fall for the Books, George Mason U, October 11, 2018

More on Milton Klonsky – Commentary Magazine, etc.

Personalities in the Keep This Quiet! Memoir Series

The Ghosts of Virginia and Hunter S. Thompson roam the city library’s aisles

Maurice Girodias – A bit of Adventure – the Sixties

Gonzo Fest Photos ’16-’19

The Balancing Act of Me

The Joyful Jewel – 3:20 – Sunday, November 8

Hunting for Thompson – HST BOOKS

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