First reading for The Complete Collection of people, places & things will be in my hometown – in my brand new neighborhood (just bought a house yesterday – that was insane – I had no idea that I’d be able to sign my signature for two hours straight), at Soda Bar in Prospect Heights on September 22. Pretty excited, because it’ll be with two old friends. Shanthi Sekaran will be reading from her book, The Prayer Room, following up a beautiful reading to the early morning crowd at the Brooklyn Book Fair this weekend. And Sabrina Orah Mark will be reading from her brand new poetry collection Tsim Tsum (just got a mention in The New York Times and apparently the book is selling like hotcakes). Here’s the info:

This was a good weekend all together – saw good people at the Brooklyn Book Festival, bought a house, Blake Butler was in town and gave a no bullshit reading from his relentless Scorch Atlas, saw old friends for the first time in five years, and the Jets won their first game with the rookie throwing the ball (and my fantasy team won its first game).