Snookers!

Chicago: pancakes and babies and doggies

Super happy to be home, though I had a great time in Chicago. Thanks to all the folks who came out to all the events and to the Incredible Zulk for a charming pizza party on Friday night.

The second place moment of the whole week (I am saving the first for another day) took place as I sat in O’Hare Airport. I was exhausted and sick after too many days of imbibing/running around. And then who should walk up but Jersey Shore’s very own SNOOKI. She sat down next to me! You guys, Snooki has MAGICAL HEALING POWERS. All of a sudden I was alert and happy, busily tweeting and status updating about Snooki. The color returned to my cheeks. My stomach no longer hurt. My head stopped throbbing. SNOOKI CAN HEAL.

For the record, I thought she was pretty cute. As tan as her skin is, it is clear and lovely. She was a tiny little glitzy glamorous doll. And she can cure the common cold. So no one can knock Snooki on my watch.

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New book! The Melting Season, Jan 2010. Watch the trailer, or see coverage from Chicago Tribune, Marie Claire, O, New York Times, and more here.

Old book! The Kept Man, now out in paperback. Read reviews from People, Time Out New York, Interview and more right here

I am happy to come visit your book club in person or via phone! Email me directly for more info.

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THE MELTING SEASON TOUR

January 31 - New York, NY
KGB Fiction Series, 7:00 PM
w/Simon Van Booy

February 1 - Wheeling, IL
Indian Trails Library, 7:00 PM

February 2 -Mount Prospect, IL
Borders Books, 7:00 PM

February 4 - Chicago, IL
Book Cellar, 7:00 PM

February 11 -Brooklyn, NY
The Greatest 3-Minute Rock n' Roll Stories Ever Told @ Bar Matchless, 8:00 PM

February 15 - New York, NY
Just Working on My Novel series @ The Tank, 7:30 PM

February 17 - Rhinebeck, NY
Oblong Books with Josh Ferris, 7:300 PM

February 18 - New York, NY
In the Flesh Series, Happy Ending, 7:00 PM

February 26 - Portsmouth, NH
RiverRun Books, 7:00 PM

February 28 - Boston, MA
Newtonville Books, w/ Steve Almond, 2:00 PM

March 3 - Davenport, IA
St. Ambrose University Rogalski Center - Gottlieb Lounge, 3:30 PM

March 8 - San Francisco, CA
Rumpus Reading Series, The Makeout Room, 7:00 PM

March 9 - San Francisco, CA
Modern Times Bookstore w/Stephen Elliott, 7:00 PM

March 14 - Los Angeles, CA
Vermin on the Mount, Mountain Bar, 8:00 PM

March 15 - San Diego, CA
San Diego Writers, Ink, 7:00 PM

March 20 - Austin, TX
Largehearted Lit @ SXSW w/Bill Cotter and Stephen Elliott, Book People, 12:00 PM

March 22 - Fayetteville, AR
Nightbird Books, 7:00 PM

March 26-28 - Rehoboth Beach, DE
Writers at the Beach Conference
March 26, 12:45 PM Reading + 4 PM, A Conversation with Doug Stewart and Carolyn Parkhurst
March 27, 11 AM, Want: On Character and Motivation Workshop + 4:20PM – 5:30:PM The Art of Discipline: On Writing Habits and On Keeping A Notebook Panel

April 10 - Albany, NY
Empire State Book Festival
Women's Fiction Panel + Future of Publishing Panel

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