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The Weekly Blague

Jamie Gillis

A cultural icon of Jamie Gillis's stature deserves a proper New York Times obit. By "proper" I mean a 2-3 column head, photo, and 1,000 words minimum.
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A Valentine from Mexico

I'd like to share with you a post by the Mexican journalist Ricardo Otero Mackinney about his trip to New York in December. He writes about meeting me in Strawberry Fields, tracking down a copy of Nowhere Man, then coming to my house to have me sign it. The piece is called Fue un martes en Strawberry Fields (It Was a Tuesday in Strawberry Fields). Read More 
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Venezuelan Interview

Yesterday, the Venezuelan arts journalist E.A. Moreno-Uribe posted an interview with me on his site, El Espectador Venezolano. I talk about Yoko Ono's sterilized perpetuation of the John Lennon myth, Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, and a new Venezuelan play by Paúl Salazar Rivas, Yo Soy John Lennon (I Am John Lennon). Read More 

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Nowhere Man to Be Published in Italy

I'm delighted and relieved to announce that an Italian edition of Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon will be published this year by Coniglio. This calls for a slice of pizza and a glass of Chianti. Hell--make that a whole pie and a bottle.

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