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December 03, 2007

Touch It, Bring It, Pay It, Watch It, Turn It, Leave It, Stop – Format It

Actual news.

I am on the nicotine patch – the 30th time is the charm.

I finished a draft of my book. Still plenty of stuff to be done, but it’s at the point that if I get struck by lightning tomorrow, or a few seconds from now, the book won’t end with, “Inspector Georges looked around the room and said, ‘The murderer is – *

I will be returning to the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop next summer.

I have a few readings coming up.

Monday January 14th
Seattle
Benaroya Hall

Tuesday January 15th
Portland
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Friday, February 8th
New York City
Pianos

This event is part One Story’s reading series. The venue, Pianos, is where I threw a birthday party with some friends 12 years ago, back when it was still a piano store and had a little space in the back that they used at night for parties. It was also where I paid my rent when I lived on Ludlow Street – my landlords owned a bunch of properties in the area, and kept their office there. I always paid late, because I was broke. So it’s like Old Home Day.

*It was the dimwitted groundskeeper. The whole dimwitted thing was just an act.

Posted by Colson Whitehead