Inside a book review at Ward Six, novelist J. Robert Lennon begins a discussion that quickly moves into the Comments section on plot or the lack-thereof, with a sidebar on fiction vs. reality in character and place. I threw in my two cents based on In Hoboken as well as the novels I'm working on now, The Dog House and The Night Door.
In other news...Kristina is coming home this week! A valiant return after her 2-month African adventure. To quote David Wilcox, "How you get up there?"
And...if you're anywhere near it this weekend, here's where you should spend your time and money. Gregg Cagno, Peter Mulvey, Ellis Paul...all good, baby. All good.
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