Many thanks to Aaron Galbreath, Lincoln Michel and Electric Literature for publishing my piece about the blurb trade. The response on social media has been incredible, which is a huge relief as I was very nervous about going public with this story (even though I don’t name names). A lot of people have been sharing blurb stories with me today and they are CRAZY. Keep them coming! An excerpt: 

I prepared to type out my reply with the rage of a thousand furious trolls, but I didn’t know what to say. It’s okay? I understand? It wasn’t okay and I didn’t understand. I felt as if I’d been poleaxed. It would have been better if the blurber had declined to read the book when I emailed in the first place. To receive an endorsement only to have it withdrawn after they’d read the book was like being declined for a second date after having sex on the first.

This weekend I’m back on the road with a series of readings at in the city where I was born, the campus where I went to college, the city where I’m form (sort of), and the part of the country I still hold a grudge against thanks to the U.S. Navy. I’ll have copies of Forest of Fortune at all of these events:

10/04     Brooklyn, NY     5pm
Vermin on the Mount
(Space limited. Message for details)

10/09     Radford, VA     7:30pm
Reading and book signing
Heth 019, Radford University

10/11     Radford, VA     2pm – 5pm
Book signing at Alumni Village on Moffett Lawn
Radford University Homecoming

10/12     Washington, DC     7pm
Three Tents Reading Series with Pamela Erens & Roy Kesey
The Big Hunt 1345 Connecticut Ave NW

10/16     Chicago, IL
WORDS+MUSIC with Curbside Splendor authors and Joe Meno
Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western Ave.
$8 at the door or free with RSVP