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Hobnob With the Literati

Monday, November 30, 2009

Montclair-area authors will be touting their books tonight at a MEWS party at Fitzgerald's 1928 pub in Glen Ridge. Come, get a beer and talk agents and Oxford commas with the likes of Dana Jennings ("Sing Me Home"), Allen St. John ("The Billion Dollar Game") and Gail Belsky ("The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life"). The party is open to the public and features two dozen Montclair area authors who've had books published in 2009 and 2008. Watchung Booksellers will be there with books to buy and get autographed.

Here are some of the scribes who will be there:

Debra Galant: Fear and Yoga in New Jersey
Dana Jennings: Sing Me Home
Kristen Kemp, Breakfast at Bloomingdale's
Christina Baker Kline, Bird in Hand
Laurie Lico Albanese: The Mysteries of Prato
Allen St. John: The Billion Dollar Game
Gail Belsky, The List: 100 Ways To Shake Up Your Life
David Sterry: Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys
Pamela Redmond Satran, How Not To Act Old

Fitzgerald's is located at 13 Herman St. in Glen Ridge. No admission charge. The party is from 7 to 9 pm.

Posted by Debbie Galant on November 30, 2009 11:14 AM
 

Who in the world would want to hobnob with a bunch of writers? Writers are the worst kind of company. Read what they write, sure, that's terrific, but the notion of listening to a room full of them whine about their royalties and their editors and god forbid prate about the "creative process" is nauseating. And have you even seen one eat?

Walleroo -- I thought you were a writer. I would love to attend, but I am not fond of Fitzgerald's (vague malaise -- can't really pinpoint why), and tonight is the Beloved New England Patriots vs. the Undefeated New Orleans Saints. Much more interesting -- so crank up your under-the-porch HD TV and watch along.

"Breakfast at Bloomingdale's?" Really?

Just try to keep the chicken tenders away from Sterry, ok?

"Just try to keep the chicken tenders away from Sterry, ok?"

Ooh! Ooh! Cold, but good! Bartender, get RoC another bowl of milk. And put it on wallerooski's tab!

"Fear And Yoga" in New Jersey, Sing Me.

Home, Breakfast, Bloomingdale's, Bird in Hand -- The Mysteries of Prada?

The Billion Dollar Game.

100 Ways To Shake Up Your Life: Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys

How Not To Act.

Old.

Please, Conan, I prefer the term hack. It's much less pretentious and has the added advantage of being closer to the truth.

Why, some of our very own authors are left off this list!

Where can one "hobnob" and purchase works for the best of Baristanet:

"Why Everyone is a Douchebag", by theproblemtoo.
"You Could (Make) It Up", by ROC.
"Obama Wants to Kill Your Kids and Take Your House", by Iceman.
"Polysyllabic Musings", by cathar.
"Bambi II", by the prof.

And of course,
"Does Anyone Here Know My Name?", by laserleftymike.

"Please, Conan, I prefer the term hack..."

You drive a cab?

(This is sounding like the beginning of a Bergwood commercial. :>})

You drive a cab?

No, but I should. There's probably more of a future in it.

And don't forget the number one bestseller, "Knowledge? For What!" by croiagusanam.

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