of reading someone, then you get to hear that person read the same stuff, and you have a brand new experience with their writing? I had that happen to me while traveling with Molly Gaudry through Baltimore and New York for readings. I now have to re-read We Take Me Apart. Molly's reading from her book opened up new paths for my understanding of the beauty of the language of that book. I feel like a spoon inside your drawer, or that you're a spoon and I'm also a spoon, and we're totally spooning. That's my bastardization of Molly's way more kick-ass work.
Thanks to Adam Robinson, for hosting us in Baltimore; to Joe Young, for carting us around in his car; to Justin Sirois for letting me play with his campfire; to Jen Michalski and Michael Kimball, for scheduling us to read at the 510; to Peter Brown, who came out to see us in MD; to Brooke Shaeffner and Amanda Nazario, for penciling us in in NYC; to John Dermot Woods, Shya Scanlon, Mark Dockins, Greg Gerke, Meakin Armstrong, John Madera, Dawn Raffel, Andrew Zornoza -- everyone -- for coming out to see us. It was really fun. Now I am going to continue drinking the beer I ordered because my fucking flight's been delayed by an hour and a half.
4 comments:
This is awesome. Thanks, Jamie. I want to always tour with you. You are so kind, and that's a rare quality in most. Well done.
Thank YOU Jamie! Getting to hear both you and Molly read was a delight. Nice to get a taste of your new book, too. And with the loudmouth denizens outside it turned out to be a real spectacle. I should also mention how Molly showed both Greg and me up on the hula-hoop.
Hahha, hula hoop.
No shit, how'd I miss that?
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