Which is the title of the upcoming short story collection by David Sedaris. Noticed a big banner at Unabridged Books week before last announcing his appearance/signing there. A brief list of that and others, from Steven Barclay Agency:
June 1 - NYC, NY. Barnes & Noble 7:00 PMJune 2 - NYC, NY. Symphony Space, DS will be presenting an evening of Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story. For more information go to http://www.symphonyspace.org/
June 3 - Minneapolis/ St. Paul, MN. University of Minnesota Bookstore 7:00 PM
June 4 - Chicago, IL. Unabridged Bookstore 7:00 PM
June 5 - Chicago, IL. Barbara’s Bookstore in Oak Park at 7:00 PM
And there's others on the West Coast and other places I'm even less likely to attend. Then later, in the Fall:
Sunday, October 31, 2004 - Chicago, IL. Chicago TheatreWednesday, November 3, 2004 - St. Paul, MN. Fitzgerald Theatre, 10 Exchange Street. Tickets are available in person at the Fitzgerald Theater box office. Minnesota Public Radio members will receive a discount by ordering tickets through the Fitzgerald Theater box office at 651-290-1221. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster at 612-673-0404, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com, or in person at any Ticketmaster outlet, located at all Marshall Field's and Mervyn's stores.
Friday, November 5, 2004 - Austin, TX. Paramount Theatre. For information call 512-472-5470 or go to www.austintheatrealliance.org
And then some appearances in November in Hawai'i. Insert snarky comment here.
Related, in that they're both with Steven Barclay (and are doing some appearanes together in 2005), Sarah Vowell appears today/tonight at 8 at the Herbst Theatre, courtesy of City Arts & Lectures in San Francisco. And I'm confident I'll forget by then, but she'll also be at Butler University in Indianapolis on Thursday, October 7th.
Why yes, I am a This American Life fanboy, why do you ask?
Once again, you've found Minneapolis events before I did.
And Sedaris is one of the girlfriend's favorite authors. We'll have to hit that appearance in June (and maybe the one in September, if I get a real job sometime in the near future...).
We must stalk David Sedaris.
It's about damn time Sedaris has come out with something new. What's it been? 5 years, maybe 6 since Holidays on Ice?
Leora, I just have a fondness for readings/signings in Minneapolis for some reason.
Trance, I think the restraining order Amy Sedaris took out against me means I couldn't stalk her brother either. Darn the luck.
Michael, think he wrote a play with Amy, and there's been the odd TAL piece. Don't remember when Me Talk Pretty One Day came out, though, but I don't think it was that long ago. . .
For some reason, I was thinking it came out before HOI did... I could be wrong though...