Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2009)

Jonathan’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

. . . sorry, i'm so late to the discussion . . . west coast works best for me, because lauren and both of the kids will come, which means we'll be driving . . . as for venue, i've loved every venue so far, so i'm easy . . as long as the world feels like our own little world . . .

. . . ha! . . . adrian, i'm officially in st. pete at the bay hilton, since it's right by the festival of reading . . .

. . . so, are you really not in tampa? . . . because if you are, i'd love to buy you dinner, AD!

. . . let's not come to tampa! . . .that's where i am! . . .ugh . . . martha, you got your wish! . . . a shutout, no less . . . mo, give yourself and JP and patty a big hug from me!

. . . total coincidence . . . chalk it up to the zeitgeist . . . i just finished j.r. lennon's new book, and it also has the death of a child, and somebody else told me the other day about another new novel with the death of a child . . .

. . . cool of benji to take you to bunker hill! . . . kerry, i think those of us who love the book, also find arturo unsympathetic on the surface . . . but for me, his bad behavior is so obviously weakness and hurt . . . i would imagine AB is a much easier character for guys to relate to . . .masculinity in crisis, and so forth . . .

. . . nothing ever materialized in the bay area, although i might be coming down there to do "west coast live," an NPR show . . . will keep you posted!

. . . in missoula, at the montana festival of the book, where today at a panel i talked about the fiction files and the ragtag family we've cobbled together online, and how grateful i am to have found you all . . . also, i met brian doucet's twin, and i'm not kidding . . . total ringer who, alas, could not drink like brian, , ,

. . . who needs harold bloom, when we've got harold balls?

. . . hello, dorks! . . .yeeeeeehaaaaaaw! . . . raiding mini-bar in baltimore, waiting on toasted cheese sandwich . . . tomorrow i will see brother evan! . . .and btw, thanks you all for the lovely birthday wishes . . . it has been so fun to be able to hang with some of you along my most recent travels . . . we painted milwaukee RED!

. . . you rule, shel! . . .thanks, darlin!

Dan wrote: "I was listening to a new-ish literary podcast today called Literary Disco and one of the podcasters talked about re-reading T.C. Boyle's Drop City only to be turned off once he saw Boyle's author p..."

. . . i love boyle, but man, he always looks like the lead man for a hall and oates tribute band or something . . .

. . .yeeeeeeeehaaaaaw! . . . two nights ago i got to tie one on with shel and alan (and see gloria!) . . . tonight, les and brock! . . . good times . . . love you all!

. . .ha! . . .once again, adrian makes me snort beer out of my nose! . . .

. . .photos? . . . i wanna see photos!

. . . thanks, gloria! . . . wait, i hope i gave you your swiss army knife back! . . . oh, and gloria's daughter is a gorgeous chip off the old block, btw!

. . . it's meat night!

. . i couldn't put the fucker down . . . it actually sorta pissed me off, because i had a ton of shit to do that day . . .

. . . "too glib and too many characters" says the columbus dispatch . . .

Yeeehaw!...thanks for havin' my back, fictionphiles...indeed, scott would've been game for this...he might have even taken weiner's side just. to be contrarian!