Into Captivity They Will Go is about the end of the modern world — not as a reality but as a concept, a promise. It is about the intoxicating bigness of ideas like rapture, tribulation, apocalypse and prophecies that have long seemed so immediate despite one century passing uneventfully into another and another and another. […]
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OKG Lifestyle: Andy Moore
Around OKC EAT: Brisket Burnt Ends Tacos at Oso on Paseo WATCH: The Bold Type (Freeform) LISTEN: “You Can Feel Sad” by Carly Gwin and the Sin READ: November Road by Lou Berney LOVE: Fireworks (Archives) by Apichatpong Weerasethakul at Oklahoma City Museum of Art EXPERIENCE: Bricktown Beach Outside OKC EAT: La Duni in Dallas WATCH: Hilda (Netflix) LISTEN: […]
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Emotional aftermath
Award-winning Oklahoma City author Lou Berney’s mother told him he was conceived on Nov. 22, 1963, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, but like many of the stories surrounding that infamous date, the details might not quite add up. “She was always a great storyteller, so I’m not sure if that’s true or not,” […]
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Book beginnings
Oklahoma Book Festival 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday OKC Boathouse District, 800 Riversport Drive okbookfest.org Free To paraphrase a famous utterance by Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, sometimes it would be nice to call up an author and talk about his or her book. The magic of reading, […]
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Novel combines new, old OKC for mystery thriller
Oklahoma author draws on his youth to create a taut, emotional mystery.
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OKC’s past and present explored in new book
Lou Berney will be signing copies of his book today.
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Feel the Bern
Ever had one of those days? Your co-workers are at each others’ throats, debt is piling up, you can’t get your mind off your ex no matter how hard you try — and then someone tries to shoot one of your customers. Charles “Shake” Bouchon is having one of those days. Whiplash River, the […]
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Screenwriter Lou Berney aims to make a name in crime fiction with debut novel, ‘Gutshot Straight’
What’s that saying? When life gives you a Writers Guild of America strike, make lemonade? Or something like that. Lou Berney’s batch of lemonade hit shelves yesterday in the form of his debut novel, “Gutshot Straight.” The Oklahoma City resident earns his living as a Hollywood screenwriter. Although none of his works have been produced […]