Recent Book Readings
The Boston Bibliphile posted about book readings on her site and I don't want her to think I'm stealing her idea, so check out her post.
Jonathan Lethem--Brookline Booksmith--October 22, 2009
--dramatic, 40 minute reading of chapter one of Chronic City held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Later he seemed almost surprised that he read that long and said he got a bit wrapped up by the theatrical feeling of being on stage and in a theater etc. Then he answered some questions. I have to admit I have a crush on him. Something about that geek-writer chic he's got going on.
here's how he signed my book:
New Literary Voices as part of the Concord Festival of Authors
Katherine Howe [The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane]
Courtney Sullivan [Commencement]
Xujun Eberlein [Apologies Forthcoming]
women speaking about their books that all focus on women in different points in history and at different aspects of their lives. I've read Katherine's and Courtney's novels and now need to put Xujun's short story collection on my reading list.
Katherine is just brilliant and an amazing speaker. So animated and full of tidbits of history about Salem and the Puritans and the 17th Century. She started off by telling the folklore story of Saint Dunstan and the Devil. She then gave an amusing anecdote about how when she and her husband first moved to Marblehead she discovered
a horseshoe painted over in a doorway in her house. She has since found them throughout the town in unusual locations.
Courtney is also very intelligent and gave a wonderful reading of her book. She explained how she started writing Commencement several years after graduating from Smith. Earlier she told me that her book tour has been interesting and that she read at a pub in Nantucket where a band was playing Hootie and the Blowfish cover songs nearby. How challenging is that for an author?
Xujun has a PhD from MIT (needless to say, all three women are very bright) and she really made her short story collection sound like a must read. The Cultural Revolution lasted for ten years from when she was 10 through age 20. Her sister died at age 16. She said that her English is still "not very good" and that she has many dictionarys on her desk. When she wrote the stories, she asked her daughter for help with some words and the sixth-grader refused.
Courtney, me, and Katherine-- I really need to be hitting the gym again. yuk!
Jonathan Lethem--Brookline Booksmith--October 22, 2009
--dramatic, 40 minute reading of chapter one of Chronic City held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Later he seemed almost surprised that he read that long and said he got a bit wrapped up by the theatrical feeling of being on stage and in a theater etc. Then he answered some questions. I have to admit I have a crush on him. Something about that geek-writer chic he's got going on.
here's how he signed my book:
New Literary Voices as part of the Concord Festival of Authors
Katherine Howe [The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane]
Courtney Sullivan [Commencement]
Xujun Eberlein [Apologies Forthcoming]
women speaking about their books that all focus on women in different points in history and at different aspects of their lives. I've read Katherine's and Courtney's novels and now need to put Xujun's short story collection on my reading list.
Katherine is just brilliant and an amazing speaker. So animated and full of tidbits of history about Salem and the Puritans and the 17th Century. She started off by telling the folklore story of Saint Dunstan and the Devil. She then gave an amusing anecdote about how when she and her husband first moved to Marblehead she discovered
a horseshoe painted over in a doorway in her house. She has since found them throughout the town in unusual locations.
Courtney is also very intelligent and gave a wonderful reading of her book. She explained how she started writing Commencement several years after graduating from Smith. Earlier she told me that her book tour has been interesting and that she read at a pub in Nantucket where a band was playing Hootie and the Blowfish cover songs nearby. How challenging is that for an author?
Xujun has a PhD from MIT (needless to say, all three women are very bright) and she really made her short story collection sound like a must read. The Cultural Revolution lasted for ten years from when she was 10 through age 20. Her sister died at age 16. She said that her English is still "not very good" and that she has many dictionarys on her desk. When she wrote the stories, she asked her daughter for help with some words and the sixth-grader refused.
Courtney, me, and Katherine-- I really need to be hitting the gym again. yuk!
Labels: J. Courtney Sullivan, Jonathan Lethem, Katherine Howe
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