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Tom and I went to the National Book Festival again yesterday. The only author I really saw was Lois Lowry; I went to her talk and was in line for her book signing during the talk by George Pelecanos, who was the only other author I was really interested in seeing (he co-produced The Wire and wrote a lot of really good mysteries). I got to thank her for writing The Giver because several of my students who hated reading would literally beg me to let them read ahead when we were doing that one. I'm not sure if she heard me, because it was after she was already staying several minutes past when the signing was supposed to end and she had a very glazed, overstimulated look on her face, but it felt nice to do.
Highlights from the Book Festival:
Lois Lowry: I like to put conflict in the very first sentence of my books. For example, "It was early December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened." *Spontaneous audience applause*
Lois Lowry: OK, so it's time for questions. If you have a question, come up to the mikes. *pause* Jonas is alive, by the way. Don't ask that one. *laughter, big round of applause*
And, something Tom told me from the Q&A of George Pelecanos's talk:
Indignant-looking woman at the mike, which had stopped working: *unintelligible, angry-sounding words* Omar! *more angry-sounding words, with furious waving of the hands* WHY?! *more angry-sounding words*
George Pelecanos: OK, for those who couldn't hear that question, it was about Omar's fate in The Wire and why we decided to go that way . . .
Highlights from the Book Festival:
Lois Lowry: I like to put conflict in the very first sentence of my books. For example, "It was early December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened." *Spontaneous audience applause*
Lois Lowry: OK, so it's time for questions. If you have a question, come up to the mikes. *pause* Jonas is alive, by the way. Don't ask that one. *laughter, big round of applause*
And, something Tom told me from the Q&A of George Pelecanos's talk:
Indignant-looking woman at the mike, which had stopped working: *unintelligible, angry-sounding words* Omar! *more angry-sounding words, with furious waving of the hands* WHY?! *more angry-sounding words*
George Pelecanos: OK, for those who couldn't hear that question, it was about Omar's fate in The Wire and why we decided to go that way . . .