Thursday, October 04, 2007
Way to Go, Smith!
Last night I met up once again with one of my favorite authors, Bob Smith. Bob, who has written collections of hilarious autobiographical essays -- Openly Bob and Way to Go, Smith -- has just published his first novel, Selfish and Perverse. Based on the reading he did last night, this is going to be great. I'm going to dive in as soon as I'm done with Christopher Moore's Dirty Job, suggested by Tony in HK.
Bob, who is also a wonderful standup comic, seems to have made the transition nicely from essayist to novelist. "The nicest part," he said last night, "is that now my family won't get mad at things I say about them." Given that all of his past works have been about his own life I asked which character in here is him. From what he says, there's a little bit of him in each of them, even the big lesbian. I haven't read this one yet, but I'm already hoping for a sequel...I just know it's going to be that good.
I first met Bob when he came through DC on a book tour for Way to Go, Smith. He did a reading at Lambda Rising, the same bookstore we were at last night. A friend swore he was flirting with me, but I'm pretty sure he was just being a good speaker making strong eye contact. Adrian and I caught up with him in 2006 when we lived in Colorado and he was in a comedy show in Denver. He was quite the charmer and Adrian was very sorry he was working last night because he really enjoyed meeting up with Bob last year. Oh, well, he may get to read the book before me.
I'm off to New York for the weekend so I may be out of touch (though I've heard they've gotten the Internet up there now, so I might be able to get online). I'm a little concerned because the website for my favorite club has disappeared...let's hope the club hasn't disappeared as well!! Anyway, I'll finally get to meet Paul, a Fridae friend I've known online for some time. Yay!!
Bob, who is also a wonderful standup comic, seems to have made the transition nicely from essayist to novelist. "The nicest part," he said last night, "is that now my family won't get mad at things I say about them." Given that all of his past works have been about his own life I asked which character in here is him. From what he says, there's a little bit of him in each of them, even the big lesbian. I haven't read this one yet, but I'm already hoping for a sequel...I just know it's going to be that good.
I first met Bob when he came through DC on a book tour for Way to Go, Smith. He did a reading at Lambda Rising, the same bookstore we were at last night. A friend swore he was flirting with me, but I'm pretty sure he was just being a good speaker making strong eye contact. Adrian and I caught up with him in 2006 when we lived in Colorado and he was in a comedy show in Denver. He was quite the charmer and Adrian was very sorry he was working last night because he really enjoyed meeting up with Bob last year. Oh, well, he may get to read the book before me.
I'm off to New York for the weekend so I may be out of touch (though I've heard they've gotten the Internet up there now, so I might be able to get online). I'm a little concerned because the website for my favorite club has disappeared...let's hope the club hasn't disappeared as well!! Anyway, I'll finally get to meet Paul, a Fridae friend I've known online for some time. Yay!!
