Archive for September, 2007

Rhodes Gold

The Elegant Variation runs an excerpt from — and gives away a copy of — Dan Rhodes’ latest novel, Gold.

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On the NYC Oscar Wao reading

“‘You motherfuckas are so funny,’ he said. ‘If I do anything, you’ll applaud.’” Richard Grayson reports on Junot Díaz’s NYC reading.

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Waiting since Drown

“Reader, I didn’t marry him. But I almost wanted to.” The lovely Ms. Baroque remembers a Drown-era Díaz reading.

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Spinning for Peru

Daniel Alarcón & Flavor Flav spin at Oakland’s Velvet on 9/12 to raise money for Peruvian earthquake victims. ($10, 8 p.m.)

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