Last night I appeared, big brother style, on a giant screen at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. This was all part of a very cool bookclub called Books & Bars, that brings about 100 or so readers in each month to have a drink, skype-style, with authors and talk about their books. Highlights last night were: a dissected frog encased in glass (given to me by Rob Weisbach), an appearance by One Story author John Jodzio & Minneaplis based Replacement Press, who are publishing his fantastic collection, If You Lived Here, You’d Already Be Home in March 2010, my dog Canada barking, a display of my paper targets (congrats to Ben Trappey–who won one by guessing which character I had originally killed off at the end of the book), and readers telling me their favorite parts of The Good Thief. Top choices were: Dolly coming back from the dead, Ren reading The Lives of the Saints, the sharing of the dwarf’s toys with Brom & Ichy, and Ren’s big story at the end. Below are a few shots from the night. I’d be happy to raise a skype-glass with you anytime, Minneapolis. May you live long and prosper.
Hannah Tinti is the author of the
short story collection Animal
Crackers and co-founder and
editor in chief of One Story
magazine. Her best-selling novel,
The Good Thief, is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of
the Quality Paperback Bookclub
New Voices Award, winner of the
John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize,
and a recipient of the American
Library Association's Alex Award.
I had to laugh at Rob’s gift to you. A frog encased in glass, how appropriate considering where Ren’s baby hand is kept. Appropriate but gross.
What a fun night. It was great to hear you talk about your book. Special thanks for your kind words on IF YOU LIVED HERE YOU’D ALREADY BE HOME! A fantastic collection, indeed!
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