Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn Simon and Schuster Published 8/6/2013 Kindle Edition I read Helter Skelter in the seventh grade, so it has been about 38 years since Charles Manson first gave me the creeps. After Jeff Guinn‘s presentation/preview of his current book on Manson at the Mayborn Conference,…
Last weekend I spent Friday evening, all day Saturday, and the better part of Sunday at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The conference was held at the DFW Hilton Lakes in Grapevine, Texas, convenient to DFW International Airport for all of the luminaries coming from the far reaches of the U.S. and beyond.…
The Lost City of Z by David Grann Audiobook (read by Mark Deakins)ISBN-10: 0739376985ISBN-13: 978-0739376980Random House AudioUnabridged edition2009 I first heard about The Lost City of Z when I attended the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in 2010. The session with the author, David Grann, and another author, Hampton Sides, was my favorite session from the…
The Mayborn refers to The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference that was held last weekend in Grapevine, Texas, a city situated between Dallas and Ft. Worth just north of the DFW International Airport. I spent the entire weekend at this literary event hosted by the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas (which…
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