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September 11, 2012
9/11: Church Hopping at St. Nicholas Church at the World Trade Center
Last year Burnside Writers Collective published my Church Hopping article on St. Nicholas, the Greek Orthodox church that was lost in the terrorist on September 11, 2001. If you missed it, you can read about it here. Recently, Patrick J. Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority, said: “The new World Trade Center will not [...]

Published on September 11, 2012 03:00
September 10, 2012
Recap — with Photos! — of David Amram Reading
When musician David Amram introduced me before I read with him at Cornelia Street Cafe on September 3, 2012, he very generously said people should pay attention because one day they’d see me on television. To me, though, reading with David Amram was a much bigger deal than being on television. There are countless television [...]

Published on September 10, 2012 03:00
September 7, 2012
Exclusive Interview with Author Paul Maher Jr.
I am so excited to share my interview with Paul Maher, Jr. He has such incredible insight on Kerouac and the writing process in general. I think you’ll see why I enjoy working with him so much on Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. How did you [...]

Published on September 07, 2012 03:00
September 6, 2012
How I Came to Work with Paul Maher Jr.
A few years ago, I was at the New York Public Library, browsing the shelves for something new to read, when I stumbled upon Jack Kerouac’s American Journey: The Real-Life Odyssey of “On the Road.“ I immediately added it to my stack of books (I greedily hoard books from the library and end up with [...]

Published on September 06, 2012 03:00
September 5, 2012
Writing Wednesday: Building Your Book Before You Even Begin Writing It
David Krell’s article “From Book to . . . Blog? Inspiration for the Aspiring Nonfiction Author,” published in Publishing Perspectives is jam-packed with great advice for nonfiction writers. To sum it up succinctly: start garnering interest in your nonfiction book before you even publish it. Krell offers five tips on how to build your author [...]

Published on September 05, 2012 03:00
August 31, 2012
Videos from Premiere Reading from Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
Here’s video from the very first reading from Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, cowritten with biographer Paul Maher Jr. This is the reading that took place at The Sidewalk Cafe, to celebrate poet RA Araya’s birthday, and the awesome band I collaborated with is called flashbackpuppy. Not only [...]

Published on August 31, 2012 03:00
August 30, 2012
Photo from Mediabistro Party!
Went to an industry party thrown by Mediabistro last week to talk shop (I’m an editor by day…) and promote Burning Furiously Beautiful (…and a writer by night). Check out the photo Roger Resnicoff took of me with some friends. *** Don’t forget to “like” Burning Furiously Beautiful on Facebook to stay in the loop. Paul Maher [...]

Published on August 30, 2012 13:58
August 28, 2012
Tasty Tuesday: Photos of Meze at Parea Bistro
My friend Demetrios and I went to Parea Bistro for dinner. I let him do all the ordering, and we got a ton of different meze. Every single thing was delicious! I think my favorite might have been the htipiti, which is a spicy feta cheese dip that has jalopenos in it. I [...]

Published on August 28, 2012 03:00
August 27, 2012
Character Growth in “On the Road”
A friend of mine told me he was reading On the Road and couldn’t figure out what the point of the novel was. He was only partway through and wanted to know if the characters ever grow. I thought it was such a fascinating question! As I’ve posted before, I do believe that the narrator, [...]

Published on August 27, 2012 03:00
August 24, 2012
Moose!
Last Friday night I went to The Buffalo Readings to celebrate poet Kate Levin’s birthday. It was my first time at the reading series, and everyone was encouraging and inviting, making me feel like part of the group. It was a real laid-back sort of evening, very far east in the East Village. A hot [...]

Published on August 24, 2012 03:00