Readings January 08
Friday January 18, 7pm
Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco
Launch of a new quarterly from The Fray storytelling empire. This premier issue is titled “Busted: True Stories of Getting Caught in the Act.” Readers include Joe Loya, Steve Silberman, Kirk Read, Kate Kotler, and myself. Emcee: Fray editor/publisher Derek Powazek. My piece details the experience of smuggling a severed swordfish beak from Chile into the United States (which a few of you might have heard on Air America Radio).
Saturday January 19, 730 pm
Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, San Francisco
Accompanying my pal Chuck Thompson, who’s on tour for his new book, “Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer” (Holt), which is getting rave reviews:
“(Thompson) knows the score and he tallies it accurately. … A dead-on demolition job. … The book is a savagely funny act of revenge.”—The New York Times
“Consistently irreverent, Thompson is wickedly entertaining … reminiscent of Chuck Klosterman and David Foster Wallace. … Thompson asks the right questions about why we travel, how we travel and what we expect from the experience. The unvarnished reality in these pages might just make you more eager than ever to hit the road.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Books will be for sale at both events.