Comment & a review “I love Martha King’s astutely roving eyes & ears, what & who she notices, how deftly she weaves perceptive commentary in & out of encounters, & especially how accurately she pegs the now faint smells of … Read More
MAX SEES RED — is King’s first-ever novel, a murder mystery in which a painter named Max tries to find out who murdered a young literary editor in her Hudson Valley summer house. One of his oldest friends, an experimental … Read More
We have a new website name You may still use www.basilking.net but when the home page opens you will see the new domain name: basilking-marthaking.com This is the domain name going forward. The new name makes it clear that works … Read More
With great pleasure I’d like to draw your attention to an impressive review of my memoir, Outside / Inside, in the most recent issue of an online literary review also well worth your attention. Thank you, editor Bronwyn Mills. The magazine … Read More
I am delighted to announce the publication of Outside / Inside: Just outside the art world’s inside, my memoir published by BlazeVOX Books. The book can be ordered now on the BlazeVOX website, or on Amazon, or by pestering your favorite local bookshop. … Read More
NEWS – Outside / Inside by Martha King has a publisher! Martha King’s memoir Outside/Inside (just outside the art world’s inside) will be available from Blaze VOX Books in October 2018. For a preview of the book, see Eileen Tabios’ … Read More
Ammiel Alcalay and Tiokasin Ghosthorse are the Prose Pros on Thursday, May 3. 6:30 to 7:45. (Also good food and good company.) We will pass the hat for the readers. Hope to see you there. Avenue A @ 6th Street. … Read More
To celebrate the legacy of Black Mountain College, the Turchin Center for Visual Arts at Appalachian State University has mounted a show called “Creative Democracy.” It’ll be on view until June 2, 2018. (See previous post, “Basil King in new … Read More