TT: Me and Candace

Longtime readers of this blog know that Our Girl and I are devoted fans of the comic novels of Elaine Dundy, who died in 2008, not long after I wrote a preface for New York Review Books' reissue of The Dud Avocado , her most celebrated and successful book.

On Monday, Candace Bushnell (yes, that Candace Bushnell) and I will be sharing a platform to talk about Dundy and her work. Our joint appearance, in the course of which I'll be reading from The Dud Avocado and Bushnell from The Old Man and Me , takes place at the Barnes & Noble on Lexington Avenue at Eighty-Sixth Street. The festivities begin at seven o'clock. I've never met Bushnell, so this should be interesting!

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