02-Oct-2004
Hi Guys,
I hope you've had a good summer. I'd love to report that I spent three months hanging out in South America, but alas, about the only traveling I did was on a cruise ship -- which sounds totally boring and is something I never wanted to do -- except that I went with my parents and I knew this would make for great material. Needless to say, my parents did not disappoint. I've included the experience in my next book, which I'm still plugging away at.
I've come down with a cold which means I don't have the energy to come up with a nice transition to segue into this next paragraph so let me just come right out and say two things. (1) Please remember to vote. The last election was decided by a mere 537 votes. (2) If you're anywhere near L.A. next Saturday night, please come say hi to me at my reading benefiting Moveon.org. I'm participating with a handful of other authors such as Craig Clevenger, Josh Bearman and Meghan Daum.
I've pasted all the details below. Hope you're doing well. And happy travels!
Best,
Wendy
A LITERARY EXTRAVAGANZA BENEFITING MOVEON.ORG
Saturday, October 9, 2004 - 8 P.M.
Blue Bongo Bar (Little Pedro's) at 901 East First Street, LA, 90012
$10.00 cover (all goes to MoveOn.org)
Reading from their works will be:
Josh Bearman (featured in McSweeney‚s and LA Weekly), Gayle Brandeis (Book of Dead Birds&Fruitflesh), Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist‚s Handbook), Darcy Cosper (Wedding Season), Wendy Dale (Avoiding Prison and other Noble Vacation Goals), Meghan Daum (The Quality of Life Report&My Misspent Youth), Stephen Elliott (Looking Forward To It, Happy Baby and Politically Inspired). With Danette Rivera and Frederick Smith.
Hosted by: Liza Palmer (Conversations with the Fat Girl)
In addition, Skylight Books from Silverlake will be there with books to purchase.
For more information - email Liza Palmer at lop81@sbcglobal.net
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