Earlier in the day, though, I’ll be stopping by the Olympia Timberland Library for a reading and discussion of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits. Details:
Saturday, November 4
2:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave. SE
Olympia, Washington
Please come by and say hello!
I will be reading from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits today at Grand Valley State University. Here are the details:
Tuesday, October 31
1 – 3 PM
Reading and Discussion
CookDeWitt Hall
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan
Come on by.
The latest issue of the Moroccan magazine Le Journal Hebdomadaire includes a profile of me by culture editor Kenza Sefrioui.
I seem to be having some serious email trouble of late. I’m told that emails to me have bounced back, and I’ve also noticed I get emails two or three days late. So if you have written me and have not received a response, it may be that I never received your message in the first place. Apologies.
A few days ago, I received two copies of the Dutch translation of my book, Hoop en andere gevaarlijke verlangens. It was released earlier this month in the Netherlands, and it’s a very handsome edition, with nice, thick paper, and beautiful cover. I am looking forward to my visit to the Netherlands in January, when I will be doing a few public events.
This is what our living room looks like this morning–empty, except for a rug and a sad-looking plant. We’ve moved some of our furniture to storage, with the rest to go within the next couple of weeks, in preparation for the move eastward. Or westward, if you consider that Al-Maghrib (‘Morocco’) literally means ‘the land of the setting sun.’
I’ve been thinking about endings a lot, lately; I am working simultaneously on the last three chapters of my novel, so I suppose I can’t help seeing, or seeking, closure in other places as well. When I saw my empty living room this morning it made me feel sad, as though my life here in puddletown was coming to an end. But even endings are temporary, I know. Right after I finish these last three chapters, I am going right back to the first chapter and starting over, with the third draft.