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‘The Days of Anna Madrigal’ by Amistead Maupin

by Ken Harvey January 27, 2014 Reading The Days of Anna Madrigal (HarperCollins), the ninth novel in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, is a little like attending the reunion of one’s family–the logical rather than biological one, as … Continue reading →

Final Tales: Q&A with Armistead Maupin on Concluding his Iconic San Francisco Series

By Juan De Anda Monday, January 27, 2014 Armistead Maupin refuses to be the old fart who bickers about San Francisco not being what it used to be, even after chronicling it for nearly 40 years. What started off as … Continue reading →

Mrs. Madrigal says

Memorable quips and comments from San Francisco’s fictional landlady This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers … Continue reading →

The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin – review

Patrick Gale The Observer, Saturday 25 January 2014 Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City characters journey to the Nevada desert for one last adventure One of the less expected and hugely flattering aspects to writing a novel that sells well … Continue reading →

The Tales of the City Series Comes to a Glorious End

By June Thomas Staring in the mirror every morning is a terrible way to track your own aging. That’s why checking in on friends you haven’t see for years can be so brutal—the graying hair and expanding waistlines stand out … Continue reading →

A parting tale

By Bill Daley January 24, 2014 Armistead Maupin talks about ‘The Days of Anna Madrigal,’ San Francisco’s enduring pull and new life in the desert Anna Madrigal is 92 now, frail and living with a friend/caregiver in a Duboce Triangle … Continue reading →

Armistead Maupin’s ‘The Days of Anna Madrigal’ a fitting end

Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’ concludes with the moving ‘The Days of Anna Madrigal,’ a closer look at the serial’s central figure. By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic January 24, 2014, 7:00 a.m. The first time … Continue reading →

After Almost 40 Years, Armistead Maupin Is Closing The Book On “Tales Of The City”

Louis Peitzman January 21, 2014 With The Days of Anna Madrigal, now in stores, Armistead Maupin concludes the nine-novel Tales of the City series he began in 1976. I spoke to Maupin about plotting a story over decades, the changing … Continue reading →

Waterstone’s Edinburgh

Please note, Armistead’s appearance at Waterstone’s Edinburgh has had a change of venue. The new venue is at: Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place EH8 9SU Thursday, 13 February 2014, 7:00PM http://www.waterstones.com/waterstone...

Armistead Maupin: The Man Who Wrote the Quintessential San Francisco Novel — On a Newspaper Deadline

BARBARA FALCONER NEWHALL January 23, 2014 Armistead Maupin’s assignment was to show up at the offices of the San Francisco Chronicle every weekday morning and produce seven hundred words, give or take. But unlike most newspaper journalists, Army did not … Continue reading →