Aug 1st, 2007 · Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler has made news for an e-mail he sent to some of his grad students and fellow professors at Florida State University. The e-mail announced that his wife is leaving him for Ted Turner. The forwarded message has stirred an Internet frenzy.
Oct 22nd, 2006 · The premise for each story in Robert Olen Butler's new book is disturbing. Severance recalls the last thoughts of those who have been decapitated. St. George, Marie-Antoinette, Medusa, Anne Boyeln Sir Walter Raleigh, the Lady of the Lake ... In Butler's imagining, their last words are poetic and brief, and reveal what is most precious about being alive.
Sep 5th, 2004 · Robert Olen Butler's new book of stories, Had a Good Time, was inspired by messages scrawled on old postcards. Martha Woodroof of member station WMRA reports.