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About Terry Southern

Terry Southern (1924-1995) is the author of novels (including Candy, and The Magic Christian), essays, and works of short fiction. He won the O. Henry Short Story Medal in 1963, and from 1964-1970, co-wrote the screenplays Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Barbarella, The Cincinnati Kid, The Loved One, and End of the Road. Recently found audio recordings of Southern (in French from the 1950s) have been remixed by his son Nile Southern as part of the ALT-X online sound project "Network Voices" (www.altx.com/mp3). The long-awaited anthology, Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern 1950-1995, was recently published by Grove Press. Visit the Web site: www.terrysouthern.com.