john kennedy toole

Celebrate April Toole’s Day at the Irish House with a mass public reading of Confederacy of Dunces

As Americans read fewer and fewer books and feel generally more isolated in the technological age, there has emerged a response among lovers of literature that seems to address both issues—mass public book readings that engage attendees both literarily and socially. One such event, April Toole’s Day: A Celebration of John Kennedy Toole’s Confederacy of … Celebrate April Toole’s Day at the Irish House with a mass public reading of Confederacy of Dunces

Zach Galifianakis to play Ignatius J. Reilley

From New York magazine’s Culture Vulture: “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” — Ignatius J. Reilly, A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole’s posthumously Pulitzer Prize–winning novel may finally be taking its protagonist’s advice: Vulture hears exclusively that Flight of the Conchords co-creator and The … Zach Galifianakis to play Ignatius J. Reilley

Another John Kennedy Toole biography, this one with a cooler cover

Seven years after the publication of Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole–which I seem to vaguely remember picking up, leafing through, and putting down, underwhelmed–Da Capo Press and author Cory MacLauchlin have brought us the hipper-sounding and -looking Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story … Another John Kennedy Toole biography, this one with a cooler cover