Archives for May 2013

THE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GATSBY

May 14, 2013 by William Dickerson Leave a Comment

As many of you have surely noticed, retro is the new chic. That’s not even a new observation. About a year ago I entered a Best Buy and there were more racks of vinyl records than there were containers of compact discs. Never in my life would I have thought such a thing was possible. […]

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NO ALTERNATIVE: “The Clarity of Regret”

May 5, 2013 by William Dickerson Leave a Comment

I just completed my book tour. It was a great success, and also a heck of a lot of fun. I’m grateful to those bloggers who hosted my book and to Kriss and Kai of The Finishing Fairies for organizing the endeavor. On the tour, I released an exclusive clip from a reading I did […]

Filed Under: The Books Tagged With: 90's, alternative, Bri Da B, Cobain, coming-of-age, Dave Grohl, depression, gangsta rap, grunge, Kurt Cobain, mental illness, nineties, Nirvana, No Alternative, normcore, suicide, teen, tween

William Dickerson is an award-winning filmmaker and author. His debut feature film "Detour," which he wrote and directed, was hailed as an "Underground Hit" by The Village Voice, an "emotional and psychological roller-coaster ride" by The Examiner, and nothing short of "authentic" by The New York Times. His book on filmmaking, "DETOUR: Hollywood - How To Direct a Microbudget Film," was called "candidly practical, thoroughly 'user friendly,' and an essential instruction guide – especially for independent filmmakers" by Midwest Book Review. He recently adapted his novel, "No Alternative," into a film that was released worldwide through Gravitas Ventures. The Los Angeles Times described the movie as "a remarkably assured and deeply felt grunge-era coming-of-age picture" and Film Threat called it "a rare indie gem that delivers solidly on all fronts."