Rhodes Gold
The Elegant Variation runs an excerpt from — and gives away a copy of — Dan Rhodes’ latest novel, Gold.
The Elegant Variation runs an excerpt from — and gives away a copy of — Dan Rhodes’ latest novel, Gold.
“‘You motherfuckas are so funny,’ he said. ‘If I do anything, you’ll applaud.’” Richard Grayson reports on Junot Díaz’s NYC reading.
“Reader, I didn’t marry him. But I almost wanted to.” The lovely Ms. Baroque remembers a Drown-era Díaz reading.
Daniel Alarcón & Flavor Flav spin at Oakland’s Velvet on 9/12 to raise money for Peruvian earthquake victims. ($10, 8 p.m.)
A federal judge likens the Patriot Act’s warrantless spying provisions to breaking and entering, and strikes them down.