tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462748.post6733375448255026437..comments2023-12-26T23:16:43.286-08:00Comments on Culver City P.O.: 9/11/07Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10040220362362796682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462748.post-54071379338598209862007-09-27T08:21:00.000-07:002007-09-27T08:21:00.000-07:00Yes, Ellroy actually talked briefly about being dr...Yes, Ellroy actually talked briefly about being drunk in the library, but I can't remember the context at this point.Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040220362362796682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462748.post-557567345496098462007-09-24T15:07:00.000-07:002007-09-24T15:07:00.000-07:00Drunk in the library James ...<B>Drunk in the library</B><BR/> James Ellroy's bio in <I>Contemporary Authors</I> tells us that before writing his first novel, "he had spent many hours in public libraries, where he drank discreetly while poring through twentieth-century American literature." <BR/> He wrote <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-ellroy31jul30,0,1600869.story?coll=la-home-magazine" REL="nofollow">in the LA Times</A>, "I got sober in '77. I saw a way to honor L.A. and repay my big L.A. debt. A story had come to me. My sober state had allowed it to build. I knew it was a novel. I knew I had to write it.<BR/> "I wrote it. I titled it <I>Brown's Requiem</I> and sold it. Avon Books scheduled it for September '81 and gave me a chump-change advance.<BR/> "I blew town with the money. L.A. was too old, too new..."Bruce at Kutztown U of PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328117094345007364noreply@blogger.com