A friend of the Firmament sends this along, from the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge. How long will it last?
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01/23/2012
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- Nov. 4: Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA
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- 1. Jonathan Swift on the death of Mrs. Johnson
- 2. Stieg Larsson at 22
- 3. Thomas Bernhard's anti-Austrian will
- 4. Beth Alcott's mist floats away
- 5. David Rakoff's last dance
- 6. Irene Nemirovsky's raft in an ocean of leaves
- 7. Michel de Montaigne's other half
- 8. Sigmund Freud's last reading
- 9. Christopher Hitchens's hospital library
- 10. Margaret Wise Brown's final kick
- 11. Heinrich von Kleist's joyous pact
- 12. William James's goodbye to his father
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A Reader's Book of Days Tour
- Nov. 4: Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA
- Nov. 7: Village Books, Bellingham, WA
- Nov. 9: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
with Ken Jennings - Nov. 11: McNally-Jackson Books, New York
- Nov. 13: Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
- Nov. 14: Main Point Books, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Nov. 17: Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Bethesda, MD
- Nov. 19: Nat'l Press Club Book Fair, Washington, DC
- Nov. 21: Skylight Books, Los Angeles
- Nov. 24: Powell's, Portland, OR
- Dec. 5: Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge, WA
Order A Reader's Book of Days
Fortnightly Firmament #14: Writers Facing Death
- 1. Jonathan Swift on the death of Mrs. Johnson
- 2. Stieg Larsson at 22
- 3. Thomas Bernhard's anti-Austrian will
- 4. Beth Alcott's mist floats away
- 5. David Rakoff's last dance
- 6. Irene Nemirovsky's raft in an ocean of leaves
- 7. Michel de Montaigne's other half
- 8. Sigmund Freud's last reading
- 9. Christopher Hitchens's hospital library
- 10. Margaret Wise Brown's final kick
- 11. Heinrich von Kleist's joyous pact
- 12. William James's goodbye to his father
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