http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/reading_tonight_64 A ton of readings on a whole bunch of topics tonight, including a mystery book signing at noon and an open mic. Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart read from Fixing Failed States, which seems to theorize a way to fix failed states, at Town Hall. Up at Third Place Books, Charlie Ayers reads from his memoir, Food 2.0 : Secrets From the Chef Who Fed Google. Apparently, it's a cookbook that suggests how to eat yourself into smartness. At the University Book Store, book blogger Mark Sarvas reads from his debut novel, Harry, Revised. It's a pretty good debut,... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:17:23 -0800 Thu, 08 May 2008 11:48:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I've always wondered how much authors being married and cohabiting with another author influences them. I asked Nicole Krauss and she got offended (I may have worded my question badly, I was slightly drunk). Zadie Smith just said that her poet husband didn't really affect her writing at all (except that the title of her last book was from one of his poems!!) Shouldn't this be a McSweeney's issue? Why hasn't Steven Dixon written a 400 page novel about this?

]]> iwanttobealion http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/reading_tonight_64#c1019873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/reading_tonight_64#c1019873 Books Thu, 08 May 2008 11:48:24 -0800