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Pretty Sweet Review from the Austinist

Lord Vishnu's Love Handles AND The Worthy Selected As Editors' Choice In The New York Times

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Back Home In Dallas, The City of Tree Faces

Thanks Be To Book People & Texas Monthly

Back in the day when I was toiling away alone in my apartment, trying to become a novelist, I would day dream about having a signing at Book People and being interviewed by Texas Monthly. Last night, I got to do both. Thanks to everyone who gave up their Wednesday night to come see me. And thanks to Mike Shea and Texas Monthly for the kick ass interview.

Texas Monthly Author Series Tonight at 7PM

Click here for a quick review from Texas Monthly.

New York Times Sunday Book Review

My own mother couldn't have written a nicer review about my two books. As you might imagine, today was a very good day at the Clarke house. Click here to read all about it.

Shreveport/Bossier Signing at Books-A-Million

Photos courtesy of Roland Hall. Thanks, dood.

New New Orleans

It was almost a year ago to the date that I was in New Orleans signing my first book, Lord Vishnu's Love Handles. It was a long, hot, slow weekend full of good food and iced coffee. It was a magical time.

And then the mother of all storms came.

A year later, I have come back to New Orleans and the Garden District Book Shop to sign The Worthy.  Britton and his staff welcomed me with the same warm smiles that they had offered up before Katrina. And I am happy to report that the Garden District Bookshop is still alive and kicking. In fact, they have an amazing collection of signed first editions, from Anne Rice to David Sedaris. GDBS also has a ton of signed copies of my books (hint, hint) and they will ship anywhere in the US. Click here to visit them online. Or call 504-895-2266. You can support a New Orleans business AND get books that will one day be collector's items.

Anyway. After my signing, my friends took me out on the town, and I had as good a time in the Big Easy as I ever had. Hurricanes just can't seem to
blow away the city's soul. But with that said, New Orleans has changed in ways that I can't describe. Everyone has seen the CNN coverage so I won't bore you with overwrought imagery of the devastation.

What I will give you is this:

My friends, New Orleans natives, Ann and Randy Asprodites, graciously offered me their home while I was here. He's a fine aritist and she's a
professional fireball.

Randy's working on a series of new paintings. And surprisingly after all that he and Ann have been through with Katrina, the paintings aren't sad or full of debris or even anger.

They're surreal and ghostly, glimmering with hope.  Those paintings are, to me, paintings of New New Orleans. The town is ghostly compared to the old New Orleans, but it's still just as beautiful, and the people of New Orleans are still just as defiant and oddly hopeful as they have ever been.

And speaking of defiant hope, my buddy Justin Lundgren has a great idea to bring the Lost Tribes of New Orleans back together for at least a moment this August: Katrina Dinner 2006. Click here to join in.

Photo by Justin Lundgren

Kick-Butt Profile in Hometown Paper

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Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?

Very fun review from "The Picayune" click here to read it.