Below is a video of an art installation called ‘Brautigan 2009′. It was at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito California. From what I can tell, it looks like the exhibit was there in about June of 2009.

Chris Sollars is the artist behind the sculpture/multi-media installation. He has a page with lots of pix & info on his site.

The artist represents 7 of Richard’s books:

Revenge of the Lawn (I love the green plastic lawn chair!)
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt
A Confederate General from Big Sur
In Watermelon Sugar
The Pill vs The Springhill Mine Disaster
The Abortion
Trout Fishing in America

I love the simplicity of each book’s installation.

If you’re in baltimore, MD, USA, you might want to check out this – waterfall (for richard brautigan). It runs til Feb 27 or March 27 depending on what website you read. UPDATE: confirmed it’s Feb 27th.

Waterfall (for Richard Brautigan) - courtesy of the artist

The artist, evan la londe, credits living in upstate New York, growing up in the woods and Brautigan’s ‘Knock on Wood (Part Two)’ from Trout Fishing in America as the inspiration for this piece.  Of that story, Evan says:

The story is filled with a magic that I love; it’s phenomenological and metaphorical all at once.

There was a temporary installation of this piece last October in Prettyboy Reservoir, outside of Parkton MD.   Now it has moved to Baltimore to an art gallery called School33.  Details of the venue: school33

Evan is currently working on a video of the installation.   He’s got some cool pix showing the build on Flickr.

In Progress - courtesy of the artist

There’s a new book out March 31st by Corey Mesler that’s inspired by Richard.

Following Richard Brautigan is a coming of age story and a road trip and a tale of love and so much more.  You can pre-order it at Amazon (link below. )

There’s also a visual trip (video) of Corey reading the first chapter(s).   I think he sounds a bit like Richard.

Billy Collins being interviewed about the re-issue of Trout Fishing in America. He also reads excerpts from the book.

from wbur.org NPR – aired Feb 6 – listen here

Arthur Magazine has an interview with Virginia Aste – Richard Brautigan’s first wife.

Married in 1957, separated in ‘62 and divorced in ‘70, she looks back at their time together.

Now working as a substitute teacher in Hawaii, this interview gives a little insight into Richard & his writing, what it was like in the 1960s in San Francisco as well as her relationship with Richard.