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Buy-bye Hollywood. You Have Left a Fauxhawk Upon My Soul

What's cool is this festival is at this really big Frank Loyd Wright house

My Reading At Texas Tech

That's Demon Theorist,  Stephen Graham Jones, and me right before my reading at Texas Tech. It was a great crowd.  Big thanks to SGJ for inviting me up to Lubbock and to all his students for listening  so intently as I yammered on, and on. Download the yammering here.

FLYING TO MEMPHIS TODAY

In honor of my flight from L.A. to Memphis today, we have this link: FLY GUY.

I will be reading on Tuesday, July 18th at Davis-Kidd 387 Perkins Rd., Memphis at 6PM.
A tour of Graceland may be imminent.

The Book Tour Continues

Fri, September 9—7:00 PM Reading at Garden Cafe 5310 Junius St, Dallas, 75214  - (214) 887-8330 7:00, Wine and Cheese. Reading will be Book Tour Virgin's Virgin Podcast.

Sun, September 11—12-10:00 PM Katrina Relief Concert, Poor David's Pub, 1313 S. Lamar, Dallas,TX

Wed, September 14—7:00 PM Signing at Borders Books & Music Preston Royal
10720 Preston Rd, Dallas,TX

Tues, September 20—1:00 PM KERA 90.1 Dallas, Texas, The Glenn Mitchell Show

Sun, September 18—4:30 PM, Barnes and Noble-University Village 2675 NE University Village Street, Seattle,WA. Party to follow at Chez deClarkenfel's

September 21-29—The BOOK TOUR VIRGIN goes to Holllwood and becomes THE SCREENPLAY WHORE. Podcasting live from The Standard Hollywood on Sunset. Stay tuned.

Fri, September 30—7:30 PM, Reading, The Writer's Garrett, Paperbacks Plus, Dallas, Texas

Sat, October 8— 2:30, AUTHOR OF THE MONTH Signing, Barnes & Noble Preston and Park, Plano, Texas - (972) 612-0999

Tue, October 18— 7:30 PM, Lakewood Book Club

Sat, October 22— 12:00 PM, Books-A-Million, Grapevine, Texas

October 28-30—Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas (more details to come)

Fri, November 11—Books-A-Million Managers Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama

December Signing at Border's Books & Music Lovers & Greenville, Dallas, Texas ( more details to come)

Oxford In A 1000 Words Or Less

The signing at Square Books was swell. The crowd was great. Jamie and Mary, the events folks, were very gracious. Jamie even recorded my stuttering and stammering for an Oxford radio show. In fact, all the Square Booksters were very kind. They make a killer ice coffee. They put the secret ingredient in it: Vanilla.

They served up wine and cheese which is always a nice touch. A handful of Ole Miss Faulkner Conference attendees fleeing the rained-out Rowan Oak picnic, showed up to my signing. So this time, the summer showers actually worked in my favor. In fact, three Dallasites who were attending the conference showed up. Shout out to my fellow weary travelers, Rachel, Aaron and Michelle.

After the signing my buddy and fellow writer, Jeff Stayton, and I went to William Faulkner's house and grave. Being there made me happy but also sad. I don't know why it was so sweet and sour for me. Maybe because I just read that Faulkner told his daughter, Jill, that "Nobody remembered Shakespeare's children." in response to her pleading with him not to go on a bender because she needed him to be sober.

After all the Faulkner-gawking, we had dinner at the Ajax in the Square. I suggest the Tamale Pie if you ever dine there. Made with cheese grits and some kind of pulled-pork. Excellent. August 1st, I start running and lifting again. Book Tour Fat Ass will be the name of this website if I keep this up.

Also if you ever need to a great place to stay for about 70 bucks a night, just two blocks from Oxford's Square,might I recommend the Oliver-Britt House on Van Buren. The rooms are kick-ass.

Rowan Oak

Faulkner's place. Wow.

Jackson Mississipi Signing at Lemuria 7/26 at 5:00

I will be signing books and doing a little reading at Lemuria Books in Jackson. I get up at about 6 tomorrow to catch my plane, grab a rent a car and then race over to WLBT-TV for a live interview. Then after I do that, I go to Lemuria, read/sign/shake my stuff, and then drive to Vicksburg to spend the night with my Aunt and Uncle. Then I get up, drive to Oxford (3 hours), and read/sign/shake my stuff in at Square Books. Then drive to Jackson, catch a jet to Dallas, turn around go to San Antonio.

It's going to be one hot, fast tour of Mississippi. But it should be fun. I will be moblogging like a mofo. Plus I am working on a really killer post about bad reviews and my fraglie ego. So stay tuned.

What A Month Of Touring Does To One's Office

Granted I have housekeeping issues anyway, but this might be an all time
low.

We Had Us A Good Time Last Night. Ya Heard Me?

Me and Britton, the owner of The Garden District Bookshop.  There was wine and cheese and finger puppets and a really killer card trick. Thanks to everyone who made it out last night. And thanks to Garden District Bookshop for making it such a wingding.