Kristopher Jansma's Blog, page 9

Thanks @politicsandprose for a wonderful night! So glad to share...

Thanks @politicsandprose for a wonderful night! So glad to share #WhyWeCameToTheCity with some great Baltimore and DC readers! (at Politics and Prose)

The #whywecametothecity book tour begins! Next stop Boston!...

The #whywecametothecity book tour begins! Next stop Boston! @brooklinebooksmith (at New York, New York)

starttofin:So excited to read @kristopherjansma ’s new book!...

starttofin:

So excited to read @kristopherjansma ’s new book! The cashier said she wanted to read it too! #whywecametothecity

Just signed my first copies of Why We Came to the City at...

Just signed my first copies of Why We Came to the City at @greenlightbklyn!

This weekend on @nbcnewyork Bill Goldstein talked about Why We...

This weekend on @nbcnewyork Bill Goldstein talked about Why We Came to the City - “a beautiful book” and said I’m “such a good writer.” *blush!*

Thanks Bill!

(Starts around 4:05)

I wrote this essay in the March issue of @RealSimple Magazine...

I wrote this essay in the March issue of @RealSimple Magazine about losing my sister to cancer eight years ago, and how Life never stops.

http://www.realsimple.com/magazine-more/inside-magazine/life-lessons/dealing-with-unexpected-death

“On the subways and at the park and on our fire escapes and in...

“On the subways and at the park and on our fire escapes and in the break rooms, we read, resolved to get to the ends of whatever we were reading.”

- Why We Came to the City

2/16/16 (at New York, New York)

Never thought I would see my book in a @bloomingdales window!...

Never thought I would see my book in a @bloomingdales window! Hellllooooo Third Avenue! #whywecametothecity #bloomingdales

SO EXCITED to read Why We Came to the City and introduce Whit...

SO EXCITED to read Why We Came to the City and introduce Whit Stillman’s classic film, Metropolitan! It is one of my all-time favorites, and a great companion to the novel. Please join me on March 9th at 7 PM at the County Theater in Doylestown, PA for an event with the wonderful Doylestown Bookshop!

Tickets available here! Free for members!

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Love.

I think "The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards" was genius. I've never read something so rich with detail yet extremely enticing at the same time. Truly a work of art. Can you recommend me any books similar to that of the former? I'd love to read them. Thank

First, thank you so much for saying that about Leopards, and for reading in such a heart-felt way. I thought of a lot of great books as I was writing it, but some are: If On A Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, Edwin Mullhouse by Stephen Millhauser, Anagrams by Lorrie Moore. These all have the kind of love of language and storytelling that I admire! Karen Russell is another long time favorite of mine (and a former classmate).

And my new book Why We Came to the City comes out in two weeks, and hopefully it does all that and more! Thanks again!