In this episode, John discusses the career of crime novelist John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) in light of a new posthumous short story, “The Accomplice.” In this interview, John speaks with with Andrew Gulli, editor of The Strand Magazine about the rigors and ethos of editing and publishing and MacDonald’s son and literary executor Maynard about propagating a great writer’s legacy without compromising that writer’s standards despite the lucrative promise of a classic literary character like Travis McGee.

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Check out The Strand Magazine.

Residency applications are now open at The Kerouac Project of Orlando.

Kathy Fish’s farewell reading at The Kerouac Project will take place at 7 PM on Friday, February 21.

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