March 1, 2010: 8:00pm. Hear Theroux speak at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts in Mountain View, CA. Click here for more information or to order tickets.
Theroux remembers Bowles on the 10th anniversary of his death. Click Here.
Interesting info about the ban being lifted on Saint Jack (The Ben Gazzara movie based on Theroux's book)in Singapore. Read more here
Well, it's finally out! A Dead Hand, Theroux's latest fiction work is out in the UK and Canada. Order them online, or for the US fans- it will be published in February. Go to the online forum to post your thoughts as you read the book!
A revised version of the Michael Jackson article makes a great read in a magazine dedicated to the late King of Pop. Theroux's insights after visiting the Neverland Ranch and speaking with Jackson make a bizarre yet fascinating tale. See more here.
New Fiction in The Atlantic Monthly Magazine: “I was dying with shame under the sheet. June was my best friend.”
“She put the light out and unbuttoned my shirt. This was the first sex of my life. It was heaven.”
“I was a waiter in Provincetown. My life changed when I met Ken.”
“My husband, Byron, was a terrible diplomat. He quarreled with his colleagues and neglected me.” Read more: Here.
Fiction Essay in The New Yorker Magazine. " Even before his plane touched down, Altman knew that he had made the right decision. He relaxed, smiling as he looked out the window at the low empty hills, the creases of green in the landscape which marked the foliage along rivers and creeks, the villages made visible by the smoke rising from cooking fires..." Click here.
In the spirit of Kerouac and Steinbeck, the celebrated travel writer fulfills a childhood fantasy: to drive across his native land-- Smithsonian Magazine- September Issue: "My idea was not to linger anywhere, but to keep on the move, as though to create in my mind one long panning shot, from Los Angeles to Cape Cod..." Click here.
Happily a State, Forever an Island- New York Times Op-Ed Section: "Back then, as the newest star on the flag, Hawaii was a thinly populated place, with most of the people living in Honolulu and predominantly young — the state’s average age was among the youngest in the nation. Its soul was Polynesian..." Click here.
Short article describing Theroux's conversation with Michael Jackson. Click here.
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