HeyJaredThe Gregg Sutter Files
Researcher to Elmore Leonard for 32.5 years, I’m sharing exclusive material, insights, and corrections during his Centennial—plus a memoir-in-progress, I’d Kill to Have Your Job.
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Bobby Taubman (opens the original)
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Bobby Taubman speaks about Dutch as a family friend. They met through his wife Julie, whose book of photographs, Detroit: 138 Square Miles, Dutch wrote the foreword for. Their family bond grew, Bobby keenly saw the man behind the work and legend. Dutch was generous, curious, and loyal. What comes through in Bobby’s testimonial is the warmth and affection that needs no explanation. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bc1T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,
“But Where Would I Buy The Ribbons” (opens the original)
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The Day Dutch Went Electric (opens the original)
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Dutch Treat and Double Dutch Treat (opens the original)
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A Performance of When the Women Come Out to Dance (opens the original)
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In January 2003, during the book tour for Dutch’s short story collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, the title story was adapted for the stage by Susan Charlotte and performed at the National Arts Club in New York as part of her Food for Thought Lunch Theater series, with respected actors Rosie Perez and Judith Light. This performance was the only staging of an Elmore Leonard work.At Dutch’s suggestion Susan first wrote the script in the present tense, but it fell flat. She returned it to
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