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Dennis Loy Right-on
Sometimes Dennis Loy Johnson and I are thinking much the same thing. So close, in fact, it’s spooky. But never fear, we are still easy to distinguish. He remains far…
By the time I get to Arizona
Driving into Tucson I used the roadtrip-enabling device (iPhone) to find a place to stay. The Hotel Congress was built in 1919 across from the train depot. It doesn’t have…
darn darn darn
The only bad thing about putting together a weekly list of book events for Jacket Copy is that I know what it is I’m missing. Like Jim Shepard was at…
I’m in Marie Claire, with a bunch of other people
If you pick up the February issue of Marie Claire, the one with Renee Zellweger on the cover in pink, and you flip to page 77, you’ll be in the…
The bookswap is in LA
And scoring an invite is very, very difficult. You are, however, encouraged to host one of your own.
The bookswap
When I showed up, there were bookstacks on one table and snacks on another. I divested myself of two enormous bags of books, found a beer and hid by the…
beware of lafayette
After being misguided by googlemaps past the gigantic, shift-getting-out Halliburton complex on the outskirts of Lafayette, Louisiana, after circling and circling a dark and lonesome area that lacked the connecting…
on the road again
Picked up a car in Florida and am bringing it back to LA. Will post more soon, but for now, I’ve uploaded a few pictures to Flickr. Currently in New…
