Journalism: My work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Globe & Mail (Canada), The Times- Picayune (New Orleans), The Oregonian, and Willamette Week, as well as in magazines including Details, Vogue, Publishers Weekly, and Portland Monthly.
Publishing: Tight Shot, my first novel, was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Its sequel, Hot Shot, was roundly ignored by everyone, but was a far better book. I'm also a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Stage: I was a member of the Groundlings and Circle Repertory West in Los Angeles, and am a playwright (see "Stage" in the right-hand rail).
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This weekend's A&E section in The Oregonian features a profile of my buddy Shannon Wheeler, creator of the comic strip Too Much Coffee Man and the opera of the same name.
Shannon just bought a house, so why not buy his latest book, Screw Heaven: When I Die, I'm Going to Mars?
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Patty Friedmann: A Little Bit Ruined
One of the first post-Katrina novels, and probably destined to be one of the best. Friedmann's sequel to Eleanor Rushing finds her crazy heroine still holding everything together after the storm (after a fashion), until she has to leave New Orleans and she falls apart physically as well as mentally. Mordantly, morbidly funny.
Tom Piazza: Why New Orleans Matters
The best post-Katrina book I've read. In 150 small pages, Piazza explicates the New Orleans experience simply and beautifully. I'll be passing this one on to anyone who wonders "But why would anyone want to live there?".
You know Too Much Coffee Man? Way cool!
Posted by: Rabbit | November 25, 2007 at 11:02 AM
You hang with Shannon Wheeler?? Hell, that sounds almost worth the depredations of a room full of rugrats!
TMCM is fantastic stuff!
Posted by: Loki | November 26, 2007 at 06:55 PM