Almond Joy
The reading was a blast! If ever you have the chance, fiction-lover or no, go see Steve Almond. Unfortunately, Baggot couldn't make it last night, but Almond carried evening beautifully solo. In fact, he's an amazing performer with impeccable comic timing, and a fiery political commentator who pulls no punches. He'll be in the area again tonight and tomorrow.
- Wednesday, May 24, 7 pm @ Cornerstone Books (with the truly AWESOME Chris Castellani!) Salem, MA. More info
- Thursday, May 25, 7 pm @ Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA. More info
He was also a guest the night before last on Fox's Hannity & Colmes. Video and transcript here. There's some good footage of the BC protests, a lot of badgering by Hannity, and a really great dig at Bill O'Lie-ly.
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Our evening was further brightened by a random act of kindness committed while we were waiting on a longish line to have our book signed and introduce ourselves. The woman in front of us, out of the blue, turned around and told Seth and I what a great couple we were(!) She said we had great energy, great laughs, and that she'd enjoyed just being on line near us. Us? This confirms my suspicion that for all the BS that undoubtedly exists in the literary world, there's still an awful lot of good to be found there.
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I still have one paper outstanding for this term, thus the relative silence. But there's some big stuff brewing that I'll talk more about just as soon as I finish up. Stay tuned!
Comments
Wow, what a great compliment that woman gave you & Seth! Some acquaintances recently told Teresa that they really admired how we worked as a couple, and it felt wonderful that other people could see that. Some probably feel that being complimented as a couple is less, somehow, than receiving a compliment to just one's self. I disagree; that was one of the best compliments I ever received--I certainly put as much of my "self" into, and work at least as hard at, my relationship as I do to my writing.
Posted by: Emily Lloyd | June 12, 2006 12:13 PM