Off to NYC

I'll be in NYC (from 1/30-2/2) to attend the AWP conference and to meet my agent, Ira Silverberg, for the first time. Should be a good time. I miss the East Coast. A lot.

I'd like to encourage the readers of this blog, both of them, to please stop by the Ninth Letter table in the AWP book fair and say hello. I'll be there during the following times:

Thursday: 3-4
Friday: 9-11 and 12-1 and 4-5:30
Saturday: 10-11, immediately after which I will get on a train for the Jersey Shore.

The Believer // Detective Story by Imre Kertész

The February issue of The Believer contains my review of Detective Story by the great Hungarian novelist Imre Kertész. If you haven't read his previous books, especially Fatelessness, I'd like to encourage you to do so.

My friends Sheila Heti, Blake Butler, and Tayari Jones are all in the issue too, which makes me very happy. It's like hanging out with friends I don't get to see very often.