WordPress Loves Me
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about … Continue reading
Die Sphinx Von Montana!
Quite a week on the Evel Knievel Days front. Just when I thought some of the hubbub of the tour was subsiding — along came early October — with two … Continue reading
Fabulous Review at the LA Review of Books
The LA Review of Books just published a review of my new novel, Evel Knievel Days. It’s a really great review, and this is an excerpt from it: “Like Tolstoy, … Continue reading
At the Mazama Festival of Books
Our American culture’s obsession with everything new hardly needs to be documented. Especially online — but certainly now in the broader sphere of the arts — it’s difficult to remain … Continue reading
Ten Thousand (And Four) Miles
Click on this image of me. It’s a 15 minute TV interview I did in Chicago. So: 10,004 miles. That’s how far I drove and flew on my six weeks … Continue reading
Can You Sleep in Airports?
The answer, of course, is yes. I myself, during the period of my life that I like to call, “The Troubles,” slept at least once a week in the Burlington, … Continue reading
Granta Magazine Publishes Heliopolis Piece
Here it is. Finally, after so many months. 17 months. And many delays. And a switch of magazines. And a Mariners’ victory in the World Series. Aha! Caught you napping. … Continue reading
Where Can I Get Good Goat Stew?
The answer, unfortunately, is not in Portland. But I got addicted to it — to birria, the fiery goat stew that’s supposed to have originated in Jalisco — when I … Continue reading
What’s the Cheapest Way To Get to San Francisco?
I don’t know. But I do know the most expensive way to do it. And that’s what I did: On my book tour. I’d hoped for more than five people … Continue reading
The Singularity (And a Terrific Review from The Washington Post)
Here we are. In a hacker house in Palo Alto. A long conversation about The Singularity. It is a tech rapture — as near as I can tell. We will … Continue reading
