Basically, I'm reading an array of books. Like I mentioned, Kitchen Confidential because Anthony Bourdain is the best thing to happen to network television probably ever.
Will start reading Robert Hass's new book of poems (pretty gargantuan in size, actually) either tomorrow or Thursday, depends when I can get to the WVU bookstore, and, as always, praying they have the books in stock!
Reading Aimee Bender's story "Marzipan" from her collection of short stories Girl in the Flamable Skirt. Reminds me of Schomburg's stuff; this guy (the father in the story) developed a huge hole in his stomach, one you can literally see through and to the other side. And his wife just gave birth to the narrator's grandmother. Love it!
Also greasing the wheels on Matthew Zapruder's book The Pajamist. Amazon tricked me on this one and sent me a really shameful library copy where they ripped off the front and back cover to paste on a blue, generic hardback... WHY!?
Never going away from Breece D'J Pancake's collection of short stories. Such a great voice.
Oh top of all of that...? I've got a Lance Armstrong book that has probably 3 chapters left in it. I just got too busy actually riding my bike over the summer and neglected the literature.
Speaking of bikes... I am salivating to getting back out and putting some serious miles into my legs on my road machine.
EVERYONE rides bikes to school down here in Louisiana. There are giant groups of bicyclists with "themed rides." While Jesse and I were running in the capital park, a group of them had taken over the capital building's parking lot. Some of them were climbing the statues on the steps and screaming, "Hand me my bike!" then raising it triumphantly above their heads. Then Queen's "Bicycle" played from someone's CD player and they all rode away.
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