brushes with fame (publishing industry)
Submitted by taryn on Mon, 03/05/2001 - 05:40
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- billy collins - met him at GEH when he came for a reading/signing
- mary karr - nonfiction panelist at chautauqua conference; signed my book and chatted with me awhile
- dinty moore - nonfiction workshop teacher at chautauqua conference; signed my book and had 1-on-1 re: an essay of mine
- bruce smith - poetry lecturer at chautauqua conference; signed my book
- leslie rubinkowski - my fall grad mentor
- philip gerard - my spring grad mentor
- diana hume george - grad program mentor
- walt harrington - grad program mentor
- richard rodriguez - heard read during grad residency
- david finkel - heard read during grad residency
- vivian gornick - heard read during grad residency
- lee gutkind - heard speak during grad residency
- wil haygood - had dinner with during grad residency
- jane hirshfield - heard read at chautauqua institution, met at signing
- lucille clifton - heard read at chautauqua institution, met at signing
- joan murray - heard read at chautauqua institution, met at signing
- thom ward - heard speak re: jane hirschfield and give his own reading in rochester, ny; also creative writing professor at my alma mater (after i graduated)
- francesca marciano - heard speak at creativity camp in taos, nm
- david sedaris - heard read in rochester, ny; met and took pics at signing
- neil gaiman - heard read in new york, ny
- merlin holland (oscar wilde's grandson) - heard speak in stratford-upon-avon, canada; met and took pics at signing
- parker palmer - heard read at roberts wesleyan in rochester, ny; met at reception afterward
- david treuer - heard read at SUNY brockport; met in class and at signing
- judith ortiz cofer - heard read at SUNY brockport; met in class and at signing
- rebecca mcclanahan - heard read at SUNY brockport; met in class and at signing
- jane brox - heard read at SUNY brockport; met in class and at signing
- diane ackerman - heard read at SUNY brockport
- paul west - heard read at SUNY brockport
- judith kitchen - professor at SUNY brockport
- 2nd hand associations
- frederick buechner - took an autobiography course from a minister who was good friends with him
- anne rice - visited her museum and saw her homes in new orleans, la; penpals with someone who met her at a signing
- melissa bank - sat next to her mother on a plane
Cool. What was Gaiman like? I'll be curious about Sedaris as well (although I've heard him speak on NPR).
i guess what i liked best about seeing Neil Gaiman was hearing the book (Neverwhere) read in his accent. having that voice in mind added a lot to the reading experience. also, i got to talk to him a bit while he signed my copy--made him laugh when i told him i used to have to get my mom to buy Sandman comics for me before i was 18. seemed very personable really.
i'll definitely keep you posted on the Sedaris event--it's at the end of the month sometime.
Excellent. I love hearing when authors I like are interesting and/or personable. I didn't know (or forgot) that you were a Sandman reader. One thing I enjoy is when authors I enjoy like each other's work. A topical example - I was psyched to see Harlan Ellison's introduction to the fourth Sandman book.
Something you might be interested in bertie recently urged me to hunt down a Gaiman short story called Bay Wolf. He described it like so (hope he doesn't mind me quoting):
tell me what you thought about david sedaris (speaking.)
also, what do you know about sarah vowell? i think she, too, is a contributor to NPR, but i know little else. they will be speaking together (?) here in dc in november. just wanted some idea of what he was like to see/hear.