The other night I stopped by a book club that had read In Hoboken over the previous month. I've visited a lot of book clubs over the past few years, and it's always a fun but surreal experience. It actually used to make me very uncomfortable. Not so much anymore...it's fun. But the surrealness hasn't changed.
This club provided one of those experiences I always love: someone pointing out something VERY OBVIOUS about the book...that I hadn't realized. Which always elicits this response from me: "Oh yeah, glad you noticed...I meant to do that. Completely intentional."
I'm just not that smart. Fortunately, my readers are.
Speaking of nice, smart readers, here's one from Seattle who had lunch with me and I didn't even know...
In Hoboken (2008)
Voodoo Lounge (2005)
The Ice Beneath You (2002)
CB IN OTHER BOOKS
LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: includes alt excerpt from In Hoboken + pieces by Tom Perrotta, Jonathan Ames, Joshu Braff, James Kaplan
WAR IS: My essay "Letter To A Young Enlistee" along with Dylan, Hedges, Twain, and amigo Turnipseed
BOOKMARK NOW: My "Not Fade Away" with Nell Freudenberger, Tracy Chevalier, Meghan Daum, Tom Bissell
NOT LIKE I'M JEALOUS OR ANYTHING: daughter Kristina and I contributed a short story to this cool YA anthology
WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WAR: I was happy to be part of the group of vets and students who helped Chris with this book