Glimmer Train Inspiration and Dis... May 21, 2009
"That [period of reading] had a remarkable effect on me." (Robert Olen Butler). "My mother inspired me." (Askold Melnyczuk. (Suite101.com)
'New Letters' continues to shine Apr 1, 2008
Robert Olen Butler has six interconnected stories of couples in this issue. The stories consist of two streams of consciousness: one from each of the two people involved. (University News, MO)
2 editors' online journal gives new life to literature Mar 7, 2008
"At one point (Narrative contributor) Robert Olen Butler did a U.S. Information Agency tour of Indonesia," says Jenks, "and he says he talked about the magazine wherever he went.". Edgarian thinks the spike in Indonesian readership might have something to do with the fact that Narrative, with its reviews and excerpts of contemporary and classic literature and essays on writing, is becoming part of contemporary literature curricula in universities abroad. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ms. Marsden's cyberspace breakup: tit-for-tat-for-T-shirt Mar 6, 2008
Last August, the New York-based media gossip site Gawker published an e-mail from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler to five of his graduate students at Florida State University. In it, the 62-year-old described the end of his 12-year marriage to 44-year-old writer Elizabeth Dewberry, who had left him for communications magnate Ted Turner. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Imagine! Presidents Have Sex Feb 10, 2008
At least that's how Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler imagines it in his upcoming short-story collection, "Intercourse," in which he goes inside the minds of famous couples as they get it on. Butler conjures up a sweaty encounter between Bill and Hillary when he's 24, she's 23, and they're Yale law students. (New York Post -- Gossip)
The year that kept us buzzing Dec 29, 2007
Best e-mail: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler s memorable missive about his wife, novelist Elizabeth Dewberry, departing their marriage for a relationship with Turner. The original e-mail to Butler s grad students ended up on Gawker. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
AJC Decatur Book Festival Aug 31, 2007
" Noon. Decatur Library Stage, 215 Sycamore St. Robert Olen Butler. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Severance: Stories" and "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories. " 1:15 p.m. Old Courthouse Stage, 101 E. Court St. Lillian Smith Awards Presentation. Winners are Natasha Trethewey for "Native Guard" and Matthew Lassiter for "The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
I hate you - and I'm telling the world Aug 10, 2007
Last week, the popular New York-based media gossip site Gawker published an e-mail from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler to five of his graduate students at Florida State University. In it, the 62-year-old described the end of his 12-year marriage to 44-year-old writer Elizabeth Dewberry, who had left him for communications magnate Ted Turner. (Globe and Mail)
Sparking Fury Aug 3, 2007
" When I spoke to Neil Thursday, he told me his comments weren t intended as racist. What about those people ? I didn t even know who testified, he said, I just read about it in the wire reports. He told me that if the performance bill passed, he would charge artists to play their records. That s not payola, because it s out in the open. It s perfectly legal, he said. And what if they didn t want to pay? It doesn t matter to me, Neil said. Neil told me that the symbiotic relationship between... (Fox News)
'Rush Hour 3': Sequel With Laughs Aug 3, 2007
I nearly did a double take when I saw the little scandal about Ted Turner, his new girlfriend Elizabeth Dewberry and her soon-to-be ex-husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler. I must tell you that it s in great part thanks to yours truly that Butler even exists in the literary world. (Fox News)
Big Boi ups antefor doing right thing Aug 2, 2007
Given that he s a writer who, until Tuesday, was best known as a Pulitzer Prize winner for a collection of short fiction, Robert Olen Butler adapted amazingly well Wednesday to life as a lead New York Post Page Six column item. After Butler s e-mail to five of his Florida State University graduate students detailing the end of his marriage to novelist Elizabeth Dewberry (and her budding relationship to nonpracticing monogamist Ted Turner) was unfortunately forwarded and posted on Gawker. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Novelist says wife's leaving him for Turner Aug 1, 2007
In a jaw droppingly frank e-mail to five of his Florida State University graduate students, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler has disclosed that his 44-year-old spouse, His Lovely Wife novelist Elizabeth Dewberry, is leaving him for 68-year-old CNN founder Ted Turner. Rumors will soon be swirling around the department, so I want to tell the full and nuanced story, Butler informed his colleagues. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Full Story Aug 1, 2007
August 1, 2007 -- PULITZER prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler sent out an e-mail yesterday announcing that his wife had dumped him for billionaire Ted Turner. "Put down your cup of coffee or you might spill it," Butler, 62, wrote to his graduate students and fellow professors at Florida State University in Tallahassee. (New York Post -- Gossip)
A mysterious novel Jan 15, 2007
On a recent swing through Sarasota News , the staff there was raving about Kate Atkinson's "Case Histories" (Back Bay Books, $13. Stephen King has a cover blurb on it, calling it the best mystery of the decade. (Herald-Tribune)
