Category Archives: events

Again, Steve Martin talks about art and it doesn’t suck

On Thursday I went to LACMA to see Steve Martin talk about art. Dave Hickey, his interlocutor, had a hard time keeping up — but who can share a stage…

Going to Utah

This Friday I’ll appear on a panel at the annual conference of the Association of American University Presses, at the gracious invitation of MIT Press. The panel is on Social…

Please, Mr. Broderick

Say yes to the nice Twist & Shout people. Friday, the Village Halloween Parade, you and Cameron and that skinny girlfriend and a really beautiful car. Or really, just you….

Book Expo is coming

I’ve gone to Book Expo twice before, and still I feel entirely unprepared for BEA 2008. The first year, it was in Washington DC. I stayed at an unfortunately expensive…

Festival of Books, here I come

So the LA Times Festival of Books is coming up and it turns out I’ll be moderating two panels, both chock-full of wonderful novelists. Saturday, April 25, 4:00pm First Fiction:…

O’Nan and Pancake and Lee, oh my

Monday: Stewart O’Nan reads in the evening at Pitt, in the 5th floor room where we have workshop, featuring arching gothic windows and the occasional wintry breeze. Afterwards a few…

The only thing better than reading about a party you missed

… is reading about a BAD party you missed. Thank you, James Marcus. Thank you, Atlantic, for not sending me an invite. Picture this: as you enter the auditorium at…

Dave Eggers returns to Pittsburgh

Dave Eggers returns to Pittsburgh with Valentino Achak Deng. They focused on What is the What, Valentino’s story, and showed slides and video from a trip they took to southern…

Mark Z. Danielewski returns to Pittsburgh

Mark Z. Danielewski read from both House of Leaves and his latest, Only Revolutions, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers last night in Pittsburgh. I’d put the crowd at 100+, and every single…

Kibbles and bits

I went to the Swink reading at Tangeirs to see Mark Sarvas (that’s him there in the pic, blurrily) and hear more from his new novel. I agree with everything…