July 6th, 2006
If you live in the Twin Cities, Madison, Milwaukee, or Chicago, come see me this weekend. Or tell anyone you know in those cities to come. Here’s where I’ll be reading:
Minneapolis
Thursday, July 6
- Amazon Bookstore – 4755 Chicago Ave. So. Minn, MN (612-821-9630) 7pm
Madison
Friday, July 7
- A Room of One’s Own – 307 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI (608-257-7888) 6pm
Milwaukee
Saturday, July 8
Broad Vocabulary – 2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Milwaukee, WI (414-744-8384) 2pm
Chicago
Sunday, July 9
- Women & Children First – 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL (773-769-9299) 4:30pm
July 6th, 2006
Man, I’m totally crazed. I know it might seem like lately I’ve just been sitting around musing on the ethical implications of success, but I’ve actually been hard at work. Doing my comic strip, for one thing, plus an ongoing barrage of Fun Home interviews. And tomorrow morning I set out on another leg of my book tour, this time to the Twin Cities, Wisconsin, and Chicago.
My email has reached a state of advanced entropy. There’s stuff from three weeks ago I haven’t even had a chance to open yet, let alone answer. But I promise I’ll buckle down to that after I get back from the Midwest.
For now, here’s the latest Dykes episode, a week early, as evidence of my industry. A slight disclaimer: because I’ve been so busy, I had to abandon any attempt to squeeze current events into the strip. Normally I spend a lot of time trying to figure out connections between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on with my characters. But I just couldn’t keep up with the news properly this month. So you’re spared any mention of military atrocities, constitutional amendments, and limitless executive power.
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