Description
What really (might have) happened when Jack Ruby, nightclub owner, brass knuckle-slinger, and inveterate fan of Corbusier, decided to kill the killer of JFK? In this first-ever trade publication of Bob Trammell's work, Jack Ruby mythos loops between fact, fiction, and spectacle to satirize Dallas' place on the world stage. Jack Ruby & The Origins of the Avant-Garde in Dallas caricaturizes everyone from Bob Thornton to Joseph Beuys; fodder for JFK conspiracy theorists, innuendo-readers, ingenious speculators, and pursuers of The Truth About Dallas At Large. With an introduction by Ben Fountain and afterword by David Searcy, this volume also includes Trammell's "Quiet Man" story cycle from over the course of his long, countercultural writing career, lamenting a generation that lost much by embarking on a search for themselves in a city-and world-unwilling to support its brightest artists.
Select events planned for Texas bookstores and literary festivals, particularly Dallas/North Texas-area Print and digital publicity targeting Texas Monthly, Dallas Morning News, KERA,Electric Literature, Book Riot, Full Stop, The Millions, and others Promotion at or events pitched for Texas Book Festival Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary media outlets, reviewers, and booksellers; additional copies available upon request Promotion on the publisher's website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); and publisher's e-newsletter "
About the Author
Robert Trammell, author of numerous books of poetry and stories, was a legendary underground writer in Dallas, and founded the literary nonprofit WordSpace.
Reviews
"Robert Trammell is an essential American writer, and Jack Ruby & the Origins of the Avant-Garde in Dallas is his essential book. Trammell puts words to an unspeakable event, and brings us as close as we're ever likely to get to understanding an unknowable American tragedy." - Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Beautiful Country Burn Again
Book Information
ISBN 9781646050499
Author Robert Trammell
Format Paperback
Page Count 308
Imprint Deep Vellum Publishing
Publisher Deep Vellum Publishing
Select events planned for Texas bookstores and literary festivals, particularly Dallas/North Texas-area Print and digital publicity targeting Texas Monthly, Dallas Morning News, KERA,Electric Literature, Book Riot, Full Stop, The Millions, and others Promotion at or events pitched for Texas Book Festival Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary media outlets, reviewers, and booksellers; additional copies available upon request Promotion on the publisher's website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); and publisher's e-newsletter "
About the Author
Robert Trammell, author of numerous books of poetry and stories, was a legendary underground writer in Dallas, and founded the literary nonprofit WordSpace.
Reviews
"Robert Trammell is an essential American writer, and Jack Ruby & the Origins of the Avant-Garde in Dallas is his essential book. Trammell puts words to an unspeakable event, and brings us as close as we're ever likely to get to understanding an unknowable American tragedy." - Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Beautiful Country Burn Again
Book Information
ISBN 9781646050499
Author Robert Trammell
Format Paperback
Page Count 308
Imprint Deep Vellum Publishing
Publisher Deep Vellum Publishing
