Dan Wakefield
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Author Dan Wakefield Recalls Friend James Baldwin Ahead Of Indy Film Screening
On February 22, Wakefield hosts a special screening of the Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro at Keystone Art Cinema. Here, he shares his personal reflections on Baldwin from when the two writers lived in The Village in the 1950s.
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All the Way Home: Author Dan Wakefield on Returning to Indianapolis
An acclaimed writer and Vonnegut confidant reflects on the turn of events that exiled him from the city—and what led him to come back, 40 years later.
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Dan Wakefield Needs a Ride
The bestselling author made a late-life return to the hometown that angrily rejected him as a young man, after his greatest literary success. And in an ironic twist worthy of a novel, the city heartily embraced him at a time in his life when, perhaps, he needed it most. But does Indianapolis really want the complete, unabridged Dan Wakefield—or just the CliffsNotes?
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Culture Q&A: Dan Wakefield, Telling Tales at the Red Key Tavern
The Indianapolis author presents a storytelling event, Uncle Dan’s Story Hour, at the bar he helped immortalize in his bestselling 1970 novel Going All the Way.
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The Five Classic Burger Joints That Attract Indy Notables
When it comes to burgers, sometimes nothing beats an old-fashioned favorite.
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Hoosier Hall of Fame: The Vonneguts’ Ripple Effects
With hammers and nails, an immigrant family builds a dynasty.
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Literary Indiana: Fiction
From Green to Gulley, check out Indiana’s current novelist greats.
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A Review of Indy Writes Books: A Book Lover’s Anthology
The collection of local writing makes its official debut tonight at an Indy Reads Books release party.
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Holy Lit: Red Key Tavern Lands on Buzzfeed List
SoBro’s historic hangout finds itself rubbing elbows at the bar with literary hotspots worldwide.
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Sold Out: Indy Literary Pub Crawl
The quaff-tastic mobile party is quite likely to become an annual event—all in the name of literacy.
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