Literature

The accolades, reviews, and scandals of Drank Myself Straight

: Literature, TroysArt : Written by Troy Broussard : 07-05-2018

Drank Myself Straight, a novel by Troy Broussard.

I have had highs and lows; I have been congratulated, patted on the back, and have had drinks bought for me; I even carry a special pen around to sign books. I have had compliments and insults, and encouragement and disappointment. It has been six weeks since the announcement of my first published novel. And this TroysArt post is a follow-up on the accolades, reviews, and scandals of Drank Myself Straight, a novel by Troy Broussard. Samuel Lyndon Gladden wrote this review on Amazon: Get ready for the ice to tumble from your glass as you take the rollicking ride …continue reading

HERE’S THE LINK! Buy the novel by Troy Broussard TODAY!

: Literature, TroysArt : Written by Troy Broussard : 05-28-2018

The book you’ve heard about is now available! HERE’S THE LINK. Buy the novel by Troy Broussard TODAY! Click the link above to purchase Drank Myself Straight, available in both paperback and eBook. Don’t wait, buy one to read and one to share today. For more information and for selected excerpts from the book, click the following TroysArt link: TroysArt—Introducing DRANK MYSELF STRAIGHT (Please note that this story contains mature situations & strong language, and might not be suitable for all readers.)

Introducing DRANK MYSELF STRAIGHT, a novel by Troy Broussard!

: Literature, TroysArt : Written by Troy Broussard : 05-20-2018

Drank Myself Straight by Troy Broussard.

Introducing DRANK MYSELF STRAIGHT, a novel by Troy Broussard! This novel is available for purchase in paperback and eBook now! Click the link below to ORDER TODAY. On a January afternoon a couple years back, I was entertaining my friend Rob Taylor with a story. Laughing, he challenged me to write the tale into a script. I explained that I didn’t know how to write a script, but accepted his challenge to write something for him. The following September, on his birthday, I delivered the first draft of what had morphed into a full-blown novel entitled Drank Myself Straight. An …continue reading

I read Ethan Brown’s Murder in the Bayou

: Literature : Written by Troy Broussard : 10-30-2016

"Murder in the Bayou" by Ethan Brown. Who killed the women known as the Jeff Davis 8?

I lived in Jennings, Louisiana, a few years back and the hottest topic in town was the unsolved murders of eight women in what has become known as the Jeff Davis 8. Over the past few years I read that an investigative journalist named Ethan Brown set about writing about the killings. His recently published book is the result of years of public record searches and interviews. So without doubt I was very interested to read Ethan Brown’s Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? “As Jackson peered deeper into the Grand Marais Bayou, he spied the …continue reading

The novel Gone with the Wind

: Literature : Written by Troy Broussard : 04-07-2016

No book has been so absorbed into American culture, especially Southern, than the novel Gone with the Wind. In fact, with over 30 million copies printed, a 2014 Harris Poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, behind The Bible. A year ago I made a blog post about a few of my favorite books (TroysArt – A few favorite reads) in which I included Margaret Mitchell’s classic 1936 masterpiece. The story chronicles the struggles of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy Georgian cotton plantation owner, who uses all means at her disposal to claw …continue reading

What I thought of Go Set a Watchman

: Literature : Written by Troy Broussard : 08-19-2015

Controversy swirled around the release of Go Set a Watchman, the second work published by Harper Lee. Lee of course won a Pulitzer Prize for her beloved, best-selling American classic To Kill a Mockingbird. This manuscript was “recently discovered” in a bank vault in 2014 and, assumed to be lost, is the work Lee submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. And after some great advice and rewriting her important novel of race relations in rural America emerged. I pre-ordered my copy and would have been long finished if not for other novels on my bedside when it …continue reading

John Singer Sargent painted her Strapless

: Artists, Literature : Written by Troy Broussard : 03-04-2015

Unfinished version of Madame X by John Singer Sargent [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

What does it take to scandalize someone today? Kim Kardashian has her big ugly ass plastered across magazine covers; every Hollywood starlet trying to stay relevant promotes a sex tape; Bill Clinton had sex with an intern in the Oval Office; but for a 23 year-old socialite in 1884 Paris all it took was for John Singer Sargent to paint her Strapless! Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau was the “it girl” of Paris during the late 19th Century. A wealthy Creole from Louisiana, she was considered one of the most elegant and beautiful women in France; a celebrated personality, she powdered her …continue reading

She WAS John Singer Sargent’s Madame X

: Artists, Literature : Written by Troy Broussard : 12-28-2014

There are few portraits by American painters as famous and recognizable as Madame X—perhaps American Gothic or Whistler’s Mother, or even Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington. But to most art aficionados, Madame X is considered one of the best portraits ever painted; and John Singer Sargent is considered by many connesseurs as one of the world’s greatest portrait painters. I just finished a novel about Virginie Gautreau—she WAS John Singer Sargent’s Madame X. Sargent pursued the wealthy and beautiful Creole socialite as a sitter for the portrait as a way to display his talents to Parisian society, hoping to build a …continue reading