BOOK TOUR IS COMING!!!!!

Oh my gawd, do I love to do book tours. Even though a lot of readings are now more interviews on stage with my favorite book people (including some great authors for this one which I can’t yet divulge!), I also like to do 10-15 minute readings. And I practice so hard for them, it reminds me of the theatrical career I was too chicken to pursue. (Why I wasn’t a theater/creative writer major at Oberlin like everyone else is beyond me. Oh, right I was a poor immigrant and had to do pre-law.)

Now what you see above is just the first month of the tour, so there’s a lot more coming including West Coast and other Midwest appearances. Will I go to the South other than Texas? If the South invites me, I will!

Oh, and perhaps my favorite of these appearances is the Borscht Belt Festival in Ellenville, NY. Those who read my memoir Little Failure will know that I spent the happiest years of my life in a Russian bungalow colony near Ellenville, NY. To come back to this stretch of land (which is not far from where I live half the year across the river) is the ultimate homecoming.

Please come and see me on the road! I love to meet people and I’ll sign anything, including asthma inhalers and, in one case, a two-month old baby (I think it’s legal in Washington state). Oh, and like I said, more tour dates to come!!!!