Val Kilmer is releasing a memoir (!!!)

Stop whatever it is you’re doing and pay attention to me because I have, just this morning, stumbled upon some joyous, and potentially game-changing, literary news: Val Kilmer is releasing a memoir. Yes, friends, according to Publishers Weekly, Simon & Schuster will publish I’m Your Huckleberry—the first memoir by mercurial thespian and one-time Batman, Val […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-25 16:13:04 UTC ]
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