Recent Posts Tagged With 'authors'

• Pimping My Wares

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 16:17 in events, obama, authors, the descendants

  I'm headed to my high school tonight to try and sell some copies of The Descendants, my sorry novel that needs all the help it can get.It should be fun--books and art by Punahou alumni, music, food, beer, seeing popular kids going saggy and bald. I ...

• The Mama Lode

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 19:10 in moms, writing, authors, writers, jacquelyn mitchard, joyce maynard, ayelet waldman

  In today's San Francsico Chronicle...'Because I Love Her': Daughters write about Mom If you could say everything you wanted to your mother, just get it all out, what would you say?That's what editor Andrea N. Richesin asked when she invited female wr...

• If By Some Chance You're in Palo Alto...

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 22:11 in books, writing, authors, the descendants

  I'll be reading from my novel, The Descendants, on Tuesday May 5th at 6:30pm at Stanford University (at the bookstore). If you're in the Bay Area I dare you to come and heckle me though be forewarned: you may be the only person there....

• On the Job Humiliations, Part I

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 11:03 in writing, authors, writers, weed

  Being a writer may be one of the most humiliating jobs. I only like to give readings in bars 'cause when I do it's usually for some event and I have an accidental audience that's been drinking and it's dark and I've been drinking as well so I'm a li...

• Other People's Mothers

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 16:35 in books, kids, reviews, moms, writing, authors, writers

  My four-year-old made me so angry yesterday I had to call my husband so he could talk me down. It was just the usual antics fed on by tiredness and boredom. She just kept pushing and whining and sassing and at one point I looked at her and thought,...

• Other People's Airs

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 13:49 in books, reviews, authors, caitlin macy

  My review of "Spoiled" in Sunday's New York Times...Other People's AirsBy KAUI HART HEMMINGSPublished: March 27, 2009With a title like “Spoiled,” I expected Caitlin Macy’s first story collection to be about Park Avenue princesses caught in a gl...

• Chatting Up Pete Rock

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 01:01 in books, writing, authors, interviews, pete rock, caillou

  James Ellroy says that, "MY ABANDONMENT is an electrically charged, bone-deep, and tender tale of loss and partial redemption." I say that, "MY ABANDONMENT is written by Pete Rock! I love Pete Rock! He's so cool and funny and smart and I wish my l...