I really only post this because I did an image search for "garyland" (and "welcome to garyland") and found no photos of this billboard we walked past in Atlanta for the Final Four in 2002, and that ain't right. Thanks Gary for 22 years, one national championship, and 708 dry-cleaner bills.
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- Nov. 4: Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA
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- Nov. 9: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
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- Nov. 13: Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
- Nov. 14: Main Point Books, Bryn Mawr, PA
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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