book events in nyc in dec

[jlundberg]

Since I'm going to be in New York in December, I'm curious if there are any literary events happening in the city during that time. Sadly, I'll miss the Brooklyn Book Festival by a few months, so I'm keen to find out if anything else will be going on. I'm a member of the PEN American Center and the National Book Critics Circle, so I'll be checking

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[danjite]

Keep eyes open: Henry Rollins is announcing dates for his next monologue tour today.

[jlundberg]

Ooh, that could be interesting. I've heard some of his spoken-word poetry; the dude is a force of nature.

[danjite]

I saw him talk/rant succinctly and fiercely for three hours once. He is... damn.

A friend lived with him back in the late 80's- just sharing a flat. She said- back then- he was a weird roommate. At that point he was a strict vegetarian and utterly monastic. No meat, no drugs, no booze, no sex- just weightlifting, poetry, his publishing business and working on developing his inner core of (lucid) rage.

Apparently his training regimen worked.

[jlundberg]

Wow. That's even more intense than I'd realized.

According to his tour page, it looks like he'll be in NYC, but not in December. Shoot.

[danjite]

Intense. Good word.

He is the single most intense performer I have ever seen- in any genre.