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Treat 'em right, I always say

Which is exactly what Northeastern did; their reception rivaled any bookstore/assembly/book expo I've ever attended. They brought pizza, hooked me up with a wireless mic, and well...I rambled. Little Wolk was there and she agreed that next reading I will not start discussing St. Jerome's affinity for the Vulgate. Unless ...

Schedule Change

Tonight's reading at the Playwright's Theater is canceled due to weather. We'll be rescheduling for late February (once I have a firm date, you'll find it under "Appearances").

Book Launch, MADFINGER, Lemon

Rain, wind. One of those cozy Sundays.

The LOSING GRACELAND launch fast approaches--January 4th, 7 p.m., in the famous basement of the Brookline Booksmith. There will be free wine, live acoustic Elvis covers by Ted Wyman, an Elvis-themed dance contest sponsored by the Booksmith (winner gets $20 gift card and a ...

You Know You've Made It When…

Mine eyes discovered an announcement on dig Boston that just might be the best anti-press release ever. Standards for author events have risen to impossible heights; not only am I preemptively called boring, I am preemptively taken to task for reading "long-ass paragraphs" from my "big dumb book." Let me ...

Newish Stuff, Some Mail

Ah, the delights of random reader mail. Someone wanted to know what I thought about the history of Japanese tentacle porn, and whether I'd consider co-authoring a graphic novel containing such elements. To which I'll respond 1. I don't give much thought to Japanese tentacle porn, though it's probably not ...

The Quickening

Radio interview today with Tanya Ott of Birmingham's WBHM (thanks to former Brookline resident---and local basketball hall-of-famer Dan Carsen---for introducing us). I'm not sure when the actual interview will air. Something tells me the 7th of this month. I'll let you know when it does, and we'll have a bunch ...

So that happened

And many people came, and Ted Wyman did a stellar job, and the questions were all terrific (especially considering nobody had a chance to read the book yet). The folks at Booksmith were also terrific, as were all of you. The success of any given reading depends upon the most ...

An interview, some Croce, some Hendrix

Birmingham NPR's Tanya Ott put together a wonderful interview on this Friday's Tapestry show. Plus she added some Hendrix. Here's the download.

Morning Edition

It's especially fun when the interviewer not only read your book, but read it carefully. Thursday the 13th you have three chances to hear my NPR interview in real time (5:33 a.m., 7:33 a.m., and 9:33 a.m.) and of course I'll post the long-form on this site under the "Media" ...

Clarify This on the Tree of Woe

That storm I was referring to occurred in Boston, MA. Not Boston, NY. A WNY-based reader asked "Storm? Here? When?" A nor'easter is not a blizzard, and what we got back in Boston (MA) was the former. Well, it may have also been a blizzard.

(I still, however, miss those Buffalo ...