Greg Olear's Blog, page 5

Birthday Week at Fathermucker

A big week of events, starting with the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in lower Manhattan — a few blocks from Occupy Wall Street, in fact — with the great Elissa Schappell (whose first name, I discovered, is pronounced like "a … Continue reading →

This Week in Fathermucker

Fathermucker has been getting a lot of love lately: I spend Seven Seconds in Heaven with Liz and Lisa at Chick Lit Is Not Dead. In Rhode Island's own Go Local Prov, I learned that two out of three Robins … Continue reading →

Me in the "Full Frontal" Section of November's Penthouse

"Full Frontal," as I'm sure you're aware, is where they do the movie and book reviews.  Here's the cover of the magazine in question: "Olear delivers a lively and keenly-observed portrait of twenty-first-century parenthood." — Penthouse To read the entire … Continue reading →

A Post About Other People

So my friend Brad Listi, founding editor of The Nervous Breakdown and inveterate fan of Howard Stern, has, in his ample free time, launched an excellent new podcast called Other People With Brad Listi, in which he spends an hour-plus … Continue reading →

Guest Spots & Interviews

I've been fortunate to have some pieces up at various blogs this week.  Here's the round-up: At Lenore Skenazy's great Free Range Kids blog, I discuss the odd correlation the state of New Jersey has found between swingsets and choking. … Continue reading →

Me at KGB

Thanks to Lori Hettler at The Next Best Book Blog for recording this.

Fathermucker Rocks the Book Blogs

A bit of early love for Fathermucker from some of my favorite book bloggers: "An intimate, wise, and funny exploration of neighborhood politics, love, and parenting is a worthy successor to Olear's stunning debut novel, Totally Killer." — Largehearted Boy … Continue reading →

Print Review: Chronogram Likes Fathermucker

Fathermucker reviewed by Robert Burke Warren in Chronogram: "Almost everyone knows a stay-at-home dad—or SAHD, as Josh says. What most of you don't know, and what Olear provides, is the passionate, devilish inner monologue often at odds with a SAHD's … Continue reading →

A Groovy Pre-Order Deal

Fathermucker hits the shelves one week from today! Let's say you'd like a signed copy of Fathermucker — but you can't, for reasons of geography or babysitting, make it to one of the events to have me do it in … Continue reading →

The Fathermucker Pre-Order Giveway

So Fathermucker drops in 11 days.  But you can pre-order it now! In order to help get the word out, the good folks at Harper are doing a little drawing/sweepstakes/giveaway promotion.  Here's the deal:  The Prize Ten — 10! — … Continue reading →