the rutgers conference couldn't have been better! thanks to author lisa zeidner for inviting me. the students' stories were quite well done. and their fellow students had, what i thought, were spot-on observations. very supportive, eloquently expressed and well-informed. every writer's conference should be run so smoothly.

i hope my jew cents helped those authors whose stories i had last friday. and i hope everyone enjoyed last night's reading as much as i did. thanks for coming out in such large numbers and special thanks to everyone who purchased a copy of BE. spread the word!

ginormo thanks to lance polin for taking all the photos, here in the gallery. and for those who don't yet know karen karbo's work, you need to. she read last night, too, and knocked us all out of our tube socks. honestly. she's a wonderful author and a funny, warm soul.

in other news: elena mastromauro, a new BE friend living in greece, who's trying arduously to secure the rights for a greek publication, took a lot of time translating gabriele battaglia's interview with me for virilio.it. so more thanks are in order for her. you can read her translation HERE.