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INTERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n

AMFM Magazine: The Voice of the Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Margaret, the new book is published, THE HELL\u2019S ANGELS LETTERS: HUNTER S. THOMPSON, MARGARET HARRELL AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN CLASSIC.\u00a0Grant Goodwine, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Ralph Steadman, did the cover artwork. Could you tell us about this? How did the whole project come about?<\/p>\n

Margaret Harrell:<\/strong>\u00a0It was a series of coincidences\u2014or unlikely events\u2014from start to finish, beginning with the existence of the letters themselves from Hunter Thompson to me, without which there would have been no book, no record of the story. The journey reminds me of pataphysica (\u201cabsurd irony\u201d), a word made famous by French symbolist Alfred Jarry. The letters existed because Random House editor-in-chief Jim Silberman, who assigned me to copy edit Hunter\u2019s first book, Hell\u2019s Angels, broke with protocol. Normally, I would have done the copy editing, gotten Jim\u2019s approval, then invited the author to fly to New York City and sit side by side with me to go over the suggestions and penciled marks on his manuscript for a day, or day by day for a week. Just for Hunter, Jim canceled that procedure. So we had to communicate by letter and phone. Then, when I left Random House, I took the letters with me. I won\u2019t go over the ironic coincidence that came up there. Next, they endured FIFTY YEARS\u2014in acidic paper\u2014while I lived in four countries, including Morocco. Fortunately, they were not in my carry-on stolen at the Carey shuttle terminal in New York and were not in my storage that got overrun with fire ants in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

So, basically, for years while I lived outside the US\u2014in Morocco, in Switzerland, in Belgium\u2014the letters survived transport and storage, as if they were charmed with an order not to disintegrate or disappear. By the time Hunter died, in 2005, I\u2019d just relocated back to the U.S. He died, coincidentally on February 20, 2005, and I\u2019d first met him in person February 20, 1967, when he had come to New York to start his Hell\u2019s Angels book tour. Soon after he died I (with butterflies) contacted Doug Brinkley, the Estate literary executor, and he knew who I was (Hunter had told me), so he allowed me to excerpt from my letters in a memoir called Keep This Quiet! My Relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, Milton Klonsky, and Jan Mensaert (2011). I knew no one in the Gonzo community, but this book opened the door, and in 2014, I first spoke at the Louisville Gonzofest, by invitation of Ron Whitehead, the poet-performer-scholar who is the collaborator on this Letters book. That opened more doors. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep reading this interview by John Wisniewski<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember that The <\/em>Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic<\/em> is ONLY available for purchase at the publisher’s website: <\/span>https:\/\/norfolkpress.com<\/span><\/a>. Or check it out here: https:\/\/thompson.norfolkpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Below are the updated, final (corrected) public links to all the Launch events July 16-18. The San Francisco Launch turned into a FESTIVAL.<\/p>\n

Margaret A. Harrell Interview by David Streitfeld<\/a><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Panel with Peter Richardson<\/a>, William McKeen, Dr. Rory Patrick Feehan and David Streitfeld<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State of Gonzo Address<\/a><\/strong>: Ron Whitehead<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Rory Patrick Feehan:\u00a0Hunter S. Thompson Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim\u00a0Devevi Interview<\/a>\u00a0and Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live Gonzo Art<\/a>\u00a0with Grant Goodwine<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the historic\u00a0Canessa Gallery<\/a>\u00a0where Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and others, over the years, all passed through<\/p>\n

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