New Fiction by Donald Harington Published by UA Press

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –The University of Arkansas Press has published Double Toil and Trouble, the first new volume of fiction in more than a decade by beloved Arkansas writer Donald Harington (1935–2009).

Featuring a long-lost suspense novel and four previously unpublished or uncollected stories, this volume adds several new chapters to the saga of Stay More, the fictional Ozarks village that serves as the setting for more than a dozen other Harington novels.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas will be offering a virtual book talk on at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, and an online course on the book from 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Both programs will be open to OLLI members and nonmembers through Zoom.

Both the book talk and course will be led by Brian Walter, editor of the book and longtime Harington scholar and friend.

Registration is required for both events.

Register for the free booktalk.

Register for the $40 course.

The Dec. 1 course will also look at The Guestroom Novelist, a collection of Harington’s nonfiction published by the press in 2019, and discuss what these two posthumous collections together add to an appreciation of Harington’s work.

The books are currently available at Two Friends Bookstore in Bentonville, 234 SW 7th Street, or anywhere books are sold. Fayetteville residents can arrange a direct pick up or delivery in Fayetteville by calling the Press at 479-575-7715.

Donald Harington taught art history in New York City, New England, and South Dakota before returning to his home state to teach at the University of Arkansas for 22 years. The author of 15 novels, he received the Oxford American Lifetime Award for Contributions to Southern Literature, the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction, and the Porter Prize for Literary Excellence.

Brian Walter is professor of English at University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy in St. Louis. He is the editor of The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany and director of the documentaries Stay More: The World of Donald Harington and Farther Along: The World of Donald Harington, Part 2.

About the University of Arkansas Press: The University of Arkansas Press advances the mission of the University of Arkansas by publishing peer-reviewed scholarship and literature of enduring value. The Press publishes books by authors of diverse backgrounds writing for specialty as well as general audiences in Arkansas and throughout the world.

About the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: OLLI at the U of A is a local service organization providing learning opportunities, cultural programs and social activities for adults. Classes, hikes, games, walking tours, field trips, book clubs and special interest groups help over 600 OLLI members.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among fewer than 3 percent of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.