Brocabulary Giveaways
Yesterday, I had a free signed copy of Daniel Maurer’s Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk up for grabs to the first person who emailed me. A lucky reader in Minnesota claimed that prize. I’ve got another copy to give away today, but you’ll have to work a bit harder. Send me an email…
continue readingBrush Up on Your Brocabulary with a Free Book
I’ve got a couple of free, signed copies of Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk to give away. Today, we’ll start off easy. The first person to email me gets it. Send me an email and put Brocab as your subject line. Be sure to include your full name and mailing address. If you…
continue readingInterview: Daniel Maurer, Author
Labelled a “manthropologist,” Daniel Maurer gets plenty of opportunities to observe his subjects in the field. He’s the editor of New York magazine’s food and nightlife blog, Grub Street and his writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, the New York Times, and Nerve.com. He’s covered swingers in Argentina, taxidermy-decorated bars in New York City, and hillbilly…
continue readingBondurant to Sign at Politics & Prose
If you’re in the Washington, DC area tomorrow, be sure to stop by Politics & Prose to see Matt Bondurant read from his new novel, The Wettest County in the World. The full details for the event are: Date: Saturday, October 25 Time: 1pm Location: Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008…
continue readingProulx Planning to Leave the Range
The LA Times has a nice, fairly lengthy article about Annie Proulx. It seems the writer who has become so associated with Wyoming is planning on moving. It also seems that she lives in one helluva cool house. I also find it interesting how some writers prefer total isolation while others have to be surrounded…
continue reading