A couple of weeks ago, Border’s Books chose Knockemstiff as one of their Original Voices for the fall/winter, and I can’t thank them enough for that! On October 28th, I’ll be at a luncheon at the Columbus Club in Columbus, Ohio, reading and talking to some good people who donate to United Way.On Saturday, November… Continue Reading
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Great Lakes Book Award
Just a note to let you all know that Ellen Baker’s Keeping The House has been designated the 2008 fiction winner for the Great Lakes Book Awards. I haven’t read it yet, but it sounds like a good one. Congrats to Ms. Baker! Too, I want to thanks the folks at Bowling Green State University… Continue Reading
Eric Shade & Eyesores
Would Eric Shade, the author of the brilliant story collection, Eyesores (a Flannery O’Connor winner), please contact me? I’m sorry, man, but I lost your email address in a computer meltdown a couple months ago, and I have no way of getting in touch with you. Please, if you know Eric, let him know that… Continue Reading
More Info on Readings with Chuck Palahniuk
Okay, I’ll be with Chuck for three events in the next week or so: Ann Arbor on May 20th at Borders–Live at 01. This event starts at 7:00 pm. On May 21st in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club. This event is brought to you by Magers & Quinn Booksellers and starts at 7:30… Continue Reading
NPR’s On Point
Just in case you’re interested, I’ll be on WBUR’s On Point radio program out of Boston this Thursday (May 15) at 11:00 am EST with Tom Ashbrook. The show is picked up by over a hundred stations in the U.S. at various times throughout the day. Peace! Continue Reading
Touring with Chuck Palahniuk
Fellow ex-factory worker Chuck Palahniuk has graciously invited me to do some tour dates with him when Snuff, his new novel comes out in May. It’s an incredible book, the first serious literary fiction set in the world of porn. I’ll be with Chuck in Ann Arbor on May 20, Minneapolis on May 21, and… Continue Reading
Posman Books Rocks!
Included in this post are a couple of photos of the display window advertising Knockemstiff at Posman Books located at 9 Grand Central Terminal in New York City. I’d been a bit down a couple of days ago after finding out that the book wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire as far as sales… Continue Reading
Signed Books, Etc.
I’ve had several emails from people the last couple of days asking about signed books. So for those of you who can’t make it to a reading, if you email me and make arrangements, you can mail your copy to me with the proper return postage/mailer and I’ll get it back to you. Or, you… Continue Reading
Publication
Well, it’s been just a little over a week since my poor book officially came out. I’ve been damn lucky so far with the press coverage and the readers. I’ve had contact with people from high school I haven’t seen in over thirty years, been invited to the Moose Lodge #11 in Columbus, Ohio, met… Continue Reading
Booksellers are the coolest!
Thanks to my publisher, I was able to have dinner last night at a nice restaurant in Cincinnati with a group of incredibly smart and super nice (funny, too!) booksellers from Joseph-Beth and Davis-Kidd. These people know and love books, Lord, I can tell you that, and I sat there wishing I was even half… Continue Reading