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Update from Herring Cove

August 25th, 2008

beach

I’m trying to relax and have a vacation, but it’s been a little difficult. Read the rest of this entry »

full circle

August 21st, 2008

mr. e, close-up

I got an email from someone today letting me know that Fun Home has been remaindered at Daedalus Books, for the bargain price of $5.98. She meant this Read the rest of this entry »

Rachel on Hillary

August 14th, 2008

rachel maddow

Hey, if you can tear yourself away from Olympic volleyball for long enough, check out who’s filling in for Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. Air America’s Rachel Maddow has put on makeup and what looks like one of Keith’s pinstriped suits (minus the shirt) to give us her blindingly brilliant take on the day’s news.

It’s very heartening to see such a big, smart dyke on the air. Also here’s an effusive profile The Nation just did on Rachel.

china, translated

August 14th, 2008

olympics on tv

Are you watching the Olympics? Are you freaking out like I am because you just got a tv the size of your first futon?

I just found out that there’s going to be a Chinese translation of my memoir Fun Home. Which is Read the rest of this entry »

Essential Update

August 14th, 2008

Gahlord my web guy is about to unveil a makeover of this site. I’m trying to figure out a way to put up info about my new book, The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For. This isn’t it…this is just some basic info until I can get it together to do something proper, because people keep asking me about when the next book is coming out.

EDTWOF cover

The Essential DTWOF is coming out this November. It will contain all the strips I created since the last Read the rest of this entry »

in which Bear Pond Books lives up to its name

August 7th, 2008

holly at bear pond

Well, it’s very odd how everyone was talking about Mary Oliver on the last post. Because this afternoon I walked into Bear Pond Books in Montpelier VT, and immediately noticed that something strange was going on. Read the rest of this entry »

afternoon faun

August 4th, 2008

Faun

Look who just stopped by!

edits, titans, birkenstocks

August 4th, 2008

editing

I’m slowly re-entering the work on my new memoir, which has been set aside for a long time due to other pressing activities. It’s really hard to get my focus back. I Read the rest of this entry »

in a state

July 29th, 2008

map detail

I keep referring here to this upcoming anthology that I did an essay for, State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America. But I feel like I haven’t explained it properly. If you click that link you’ll go to the review Publisher’s Weekly just did. It describes the project very concisely and coherently. Plus my essay gets a nice little mention.

The image above is a detail of the map that accompanies my piece.

Okay, I get it now.

July 27th, 2008

melissa etheridge in VT

Perhaps it will not surprise you to learn that a hornrimmed, IKEA instruction-manual fetishizing geek such as myself has never been a big devotee of the rock and roll. But last night I went to a Melissa Etheridge concert, and I was…how do you sayrocked out. Read the rest of this entry »