Hi! There are a lot of upcoming events that I’m participating in, all of which pertain to other people’s books. (O.P.B., yes, you do know me.) I thought I would list them all in one place. Well, two places, because I’m also going to post this on my other social medias. Anyway, open up your Google Calendar in another tab, because you are likely free for at least one of these events and I’d love to see you IRL.
Sorry, I feel really rusty at blogging right now, I think this post will get smoother as it continues!
MONDAY MAY 13: WHAT IS THE QUEER NOVEL?
7pm, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe // FB RSVP
At this Emily Books event, authors Sarah Schulman and Barbara Browning will read from their work then discuss this question, and maybe by the end of the night we’ll have a definitive answer! (Well, probably not, but it will be fun to try.) Their conversation will be moderated by Topside publisher Tom Léger, and your enjoyment of the evening will be enhanced by free drinks courtesy of Togather. (1 free drink each, get there early)
SUNDAY MAY 19: HOME COOKING IN 2013
3:30pm, The Great Googa-Mooga Literary Stage
If you’re heading to this festival, take a break from standing in line/stuffing youself and come listen to me talk about food! Cookbooks and food writing shape the way we cook, eat and live, and no one expressed that better than pioneering food writer Laurie Colwin. Her two beloved collections, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking, were published more than 20 years ago, and despite all that’s changed since then, much about them still feels timeless. Cookbook author Lukas Volger, editor and writer Sadie Stein, who have (along with me!) cooked together from these books and many others, will join with writer, editor and literary agent Jenni Ferrari-Adler to discuss what’s changed since Colwin’s two essay collections were published, what hasn’t, and her influence on the way we eat, cook, think and write about food.
TUESDAY MAY 28: A CONVERSATION WITH SEPTEMBER GIRLS AUTHOR BENNETT MADISON
7pm, McNally Jackson Bookstore
Bennett and I have been friends since before either of us had armpit hair, so we will try not to make our conversation — about his gripping, funny, poignant, sexy + inventive new book about trashy mermaids who are named things like L’Oreal and need to deflower teenage boys to survive — too full of decades-old inside jokes.
THURSDAY JUNE 6: JAMI ATTENBERG THE MIDDLESTEINS PAPERBACK RELEASE PARTY!
7pm, Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Jami had planned this party for the fall, but Hurricane Sandy intervened. The theme of everyone’s readings (bc of the theme of Jami’s novel) is “Jews+ food” and conveniently there’s a scene in my forthcoming book that features Jews + food, at least by default. Other readers include Maris Kreizman, Rachel Fershleiser, Jason Diamond, Rosie Schaap, Beth Lisick and Bex Schwartz. It will be sort of like Jami’s adult Bat Mitzvah, maybe. Drinks are on Tumblr.
THE FUTURE:
I’m hosting a discussion of a new internet-trollery-themed novel The More You Ignore Me by poet Travis Nichols at WORD on July 18, more details as they develop. And who knows what else will happen? Stay tuned.
