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"Reading is your constant silent companion, and loyal friend!" Jim Agnew
Each day, Jim will feature eight daily picks and two audio CD book picks. There will also be two new book picks in the Religion category each day. You will also find on Jim's website, Notes and Memorable Lines from Jim Agnew's Books. Some Letters From Jim's Mailbox
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Wow--the new website! Gorgeous! (But if I'm "brilliant beyond belief"--holy crap!--I better start making something of myself...again! You're too kind, my beloved pal...thanks for your belief, for sure.) Bill Zehme "A web oasis of solid information and wit." Rick Kogan, host of WGN Radio's (www.wgn.com) The Sunday Papers and author of Everybody Pays (Penquin/Putnam) and America's Mom (William Morrow)
"Jim, thank you so much for featuring my book, Flirting With Disaster! I truly appreciate it! Happy Holidays and congrats on a great site. Jill Spiegel
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About Jim Agnew
Welcome to Jim Agnew's Literary Website. Jim Agnew has been booking and producing talk-radio shows since 1992. He was co-creator of American Crime Line with Ed Nowicki; and booker for Ed Buggs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Geoffery Feiger in Detroit, Michigan. He operates his booking service out of Chicago, Illinois at jagnue@aol.com You can also use the contact page to reach Jim. Jim also is a world-class literary researcher whose clients have included Vincent Bugliosi, Dan Moldea, Bill Zehme, Gus Russo, Bill Kurtis, Jonathan VanMeter, the late Bill Roemer, Nick Pileggi and Nick Tosches. The late Pulitzer Prize award winning columnist Mike Royko referred to Agnew as " the finest researcher of crime in America". He has been profiled in the Chicago-Sun Times, The Chicago Reader and a chapter in the Nick Tosches Reader (DaCapo). Jim considers his booking duties as an unheralded art form and his clients, such as Bill Zehme, brilliant beyond belief.
Jim Agnew will feature on this website eight new daily book picks, two Religion and feature two new daily CD audio books. More than 30 Contributor Links showcase the best in literature on the net. Poetry, true crime, authors' websites, publicity experts, and loads of unlimited web surfing for writers: the Memorable Lines and Notes links highlight Jim's favorite books. All entries will be posted in The Archives for easy reference. The Best of previous years collections are a short feature of the past years best books. A literal treasure trove every month plus direct links to Amazon for instant ordering and background on titles. Research Works in Progress: "Carson the Magnificent" the authorized Johnny Carson biography by Bill Zehme for Random House in 2008, and a major book about the cultural phenomenon of the Chicago Cubs also by Bill Zehme for Random House in 2008.
"NPR: Bill Zehme: 'Confessions' of a Magazine Writer" Listen to this story. Please click on the headline to the story using a Real Audio or Windows Media Player. For Players or technical help, please visit NPR's Audio Help Page.
The research work I provide is in addition to the author's own collection and is supplemental in nature. The authors are their own best researcher and I take great pride in assisting them and sometimes surprising them. The completed book is their work alone. ~ Jim
Send all copies for review to: Jim Agnew 1002 West Montrose Ave. Chicago, Ill 60613 ( Buy Books)
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Thanks
for including my book Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure,
Popularity, and Put-Downs in your Daily Picks for April 22nd.
"Hi Jim...I'm thrilled you liked the book that much! It's an honor." Gus Russo
author of Super Mob
"Dear Jim: Thank you for your selection of my book on your website, and for your
use of a passage about Johnny Cash in your
"Dear Jim: Thank you so much for your kind review of my book "Chaplin and Agee"
It was a real pleasure to work on the book( It was a long time dream project
that was revived after being dormant for 18 years after Agee's son- in- law
found my ancient and long-ago rejected request to pursue publication!). It's
really gratifying to have things work out beyond any reasonable hope."
Regards, John Wranovics
"Many thanks for getting Direct Action onto your recommended list this week.
BTW, Grover Lewis hired me at Rolling Stone and was my editor. We met when he
included me in a wonderful piece on 3-Dog Night in Texas when I was
free-lancing. We hung out together, and hit it off so well he offered me a job
without even consulting Jann Wenner (who later canned my butt). Grover was one
of my mentors, and indeed, a great American writer whom I adored." Stay safe,
John Wiesman
"Hey Jim. Where do you get your energy? Your site is fabulous!"
"I would personally like to thank you Jim. As a debut guy and only part time
novelist, you have made my St. Patty's Day one I will always remember." Jay
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"Although I am proud to say that I have done 99.9 percent of my own research for
everything I wrote in this book (which is typical for me, not feeling
comfortable relying on others to do research for me), I want to give special
thanks to four individuals, three of whom are avid students of the
assassination, who have helped me in so many diverse ways. Having no official
connection to the case like a Bill Alexander, Dr. Michael Baden, or Steven
Tilley, just their friendship and their desire to help me, they were always
there for me, without hesitation, whenever I needed them--whether it was to take
a photo of an angle at Dealey Plaza I needed, secure someone's phone number for
me, loan me one of their many books on the assassination, in some cases get a
document they had ready access to, or whatever. They are Jack Duffy of Fort
Worth (who has been with me on this book the longest), David Phinney of Los
Angeles, Jim Agnew of Chicago, and Bill Drenas of Lowell, Massachusetts. I'll
never forget the help these four gave me and will always be especially grateful
to them.
Jim and Vincent Bugliosi 1998
Photo by Robert Egan
Jim Agnew has added
Jim Agnew has now resumed booking duties for Michael Dresser.
Michael broadcasts live five days a week, a total of 15 hours, 30 1/2 hour
interviews! (Mon- Fri 3-6pm CST) See Michael at
Zehme, Bill. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait. Random
House, Fall 2008. The author of the best-selling Frank Sinatra book The Way
You Wear Your Hat (1997) was the last journalist to interview the late Johnny
Carson, and his book lends great understanding of the comedian's personal
life and cultural impact.
The
Super Mob: How Sidney Korshak And Friends Helped The Underworld Buy Into America
By Gus Russo (Bloomsbury, Fall 2006) A Crime blockbuster by the
distinguished author of Live By The Sword: The Secret War Against Castro And
The Death Of JFK (Bancroft Press) and The Outfit: The Role Of Chicago's
Underworld In the Shaping Of Modern America (Bloomsbury)
Trade Paperback published Winter 2007