Ben Tanzer's Blog, page 168

This. Wednesday. Untoward. And most beautious.

So Different Now. Goodreads. Yes.

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May the Hannukah be with you.

Orange Alert. Writer on Writer. Hyatt. Tanzer. Wonderbar.

It's true, we are hitting that. That being the Orange Alert. The Hyatt. And the Writer on Writer interview thing. So please do hit that as well, and enjoy some excerpt, it does a heart good.

Please tell us five things we need to know about Michigan if we are to truly grasp the goodness that is Birch Hills @ World's End. Also, please note that you are under no obligation to reference Kid Rock or the Fab Five. Really.
In terms of what you should know about the state, well, it has its rough edges and sometimes gets called "Canada's Alabama," but it's a much prettier and more vibrant place than most folks realize. Distance there is measured in driving time. For example, things are 20 minutes away, or an hour north, and so on. Growing up, I assumed every adult knew how to drive and everyone over seven knew how to swim. The fact that this isn't true for the entire country still messes with me, because two fundamentals of being alive in Michigan are water and cars. The state is home to Vernor's Ginger Ale, called a "regional thing of beauty and unending quality" by Eve Babitz. What else? Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent still get regular rotation on the radio there.That's five things, I think.

You Can Make Him Like You gets some HuffPost love. And our (mostly) platonic love for Greg Olear grows by leaps and bounds.

Big thanks to Fathermucker Greg Olear who has once again shown You Can Make Him Like You some massive public love, this time including it along with some quite humbling company in his "The Fathermucker Holiday Shopping Guide: Best Gift Books for Dads, Part 1: Novels" list at the HuffPost. Drinks brother, on us, for sure, next time we meet.
 

Hyping the So Different Now/The New York Stories hype in the most hypeful manner possible.

It's true. We are hyping the hype. Feels good. So, with that said, big thanks to the Pete  Lit, Necessary Fiction and TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog for the So Different Now/The New York Stories hype. Much appreciated. Much love. Much hype. 

The New York Stories. Read. Rejoice. Re-post.

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So Different Now/The New York Stories CCLaP Podcast goodness. Listen. Rejoice. Re-post.

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So Different Now. Read. Rejoice. Re-post.

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