"I am at war with the obvious." -- William Eggleston
More or less worked straight through the weekend, with a break here and there (for instance: check out William Eggleston in the Real World; it's good company on a Friday night). For myriad reasons, most of them directly correlated to deadlines on professional projects, I'm going to take a two-week mini-break from Lux Lotus. Not you darling, just the blog.
What I'm publicizing right now:
IF YOU READ ONE BOOK THIS MONTH, MAKE IT A GOOD ONE -- Gayle Brandeis' Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007): the brilliantly constructed (and much-praised), politically resonant new novel exploring post-9/11 life from the vantage point of an award-winning novelist committed to poetry and activism in equal measure.
SAVE THE DATE -- Barnes & Noble's Upstairs at the Square series. Next up: Ian Rankin + Aidan Moffat (April 12).
SAVE THE DATE -- Green Apple Talk #3: Environmentalism Now explores how far the movement has come since the first Earth Day nearly forty years ago. What will the next wave of green culture look like, and how can the individual decisions consumers make have a global impact? Featuring Emily Gertz, environmental journalist and co-author of WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century, Aaron Naparstek, of Transportation Alternatives and StreetsBlog.org and author of Honku: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage, and Anne-Marie Van Dijk (DNA Models), who supports the work of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Orca Network and Natural Resources Defense Council when she's not walking the runway for Marc Jacobs, Dries Van Noten, Aquascutum, Libertine and others. Moderated by best-selling author Bryan Keefer. FREE. (April 24; full info).
I've got two upcoming speaking engagements:
The Virginia Festival of the Book on March 24th and at NYU's Center for Publishing soon after. Not that I can imagine you'd be interested but for those of you who like to play along at home, here's a video excerpt of my talk on innovative literary publicity at Penguin UK in London.
In the more Lux Lotus-esque realm:
Peach in the City is coming to visit for a week and lend a hand while also exploring her options in New York (also on the agenda: "Just Kick It Til It Breaks" at the Kitchen, "Ralph Rucci: The Art of Weightlessness" at FIT, plus the opera, twice!). But before that, I've got the "Ides of March Mixer at the Williams Club" to swing by (do I ever wish I'd been able to snap up that "Ann D." horsehair cape at Tokio 7 today!), and The Smart Set to compile.
At Maison de Lux, spring is nearly here: the black pansies have been potted and I have an artistic vision to attend to vis-à-vis my balcony. The soundtrack of the season? Tracy Thorn, Out of the Woods (out from Astralwerks in the U.S. in April). Do check it out.
As you can see, I'll be around, and will post any major news but features such as Windowlicker will be on hiatus for two weeks. I'll be back with the news from Monticello and more on April 2. With love, doves. XX.
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