This is what we’re going to might do
Sam is going to read something he has written, possibly from
his novel, Hagridden and possibly
from one of his chapbooks. I heard him read at Creative Colloquy and was
impressed. I read Hagridden and one
of his short stories and was even more impressed. That’s all I can say about
Sam for now.
As for me, I’m going to do something different and read from
my latest novel. Isn’t that what writers usually do, you might ask. Well yeah,
but not me. I usually adapt a scene as if for the stage and get actors to read
it. But this time I’m going to read from Tupelo
myself, because Tupelo is my most
autobiographical novel. It is the story of Kevin Lumpkin, the youngest by six
minutes of a set of twins in Tupelo, Mississippi, told in the first person.
From birth to about the age of twelve, Kevin is me. It is my story. But after
that it is all a lie.
I plan on reading two scenes that take place during the
transition period from autobiographical fiction to totally made up story, when the boys and
girls in Tupelo are entering puberty and beginning to notice each other.
This book event takes place at the Lacey Library, 500
College St. SE, Lacey, WA, April 20, 5:30-7 p.m. I hope you can attend. We will
have books to sign (and sell, of course), and there will be a
question-and-answer period after the readings.
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