I will miss New York and many in it, plus all my old reading haunts and bookstore halls o' temptation, but look forward to finding new ones along the Third Coast. I hope to see many of you here in NYC before I go. If you are reading this blog in Chicago, want to be friends?
I'm also looking for a job in Chicago -- if you can help please be in touch: lnvsml at gmail dot com.
Here's my future Mayor Rahm Emanuel reading DUCK FOR PRESIDENT. Emanuel is reportedly a big booster of Chicago literacy efforts, so I suppose I'll be seeing him soon. (People who skipped this post because of its non-sequiturial photo are going to be very confused in about 3 weeks.)
Photo: Talk Radio News Service
7 comments:
Oh gosh! Congrats and good luck with the move!
One of my university's faculty moved to Chicago last year and has written a book about her experiences living there and in Minneapolis, called Body Geographic. I recommend it.
My college classmate Amy also blogs about living and reading in Chicago, should that be of interest.
Thank you. And I love your classmate's list of Chicago related books -- been looking for something like that.
wow, big changes! good luck with your move. i supposed you're doing serious unbookening or spending a fortune on shipping your books media mail?
I'll be doing a little media mailing, but most of them went into storage (I have about 2 pieces of furniture worth keeping, so just considered the books my furniture). I probably will wish I had unbookened more when I find an apartment, but that is still some time away!
Oh my gosh! Good luck with everything, and especially with the job situation! NYC will miss you but at least we have your blog.
Very exciting! I am in chicago from time to time; my older brother, 11yearoldsdude, lives there. He used to work in children's publishing, but I don't know that he has killer contacts. But I can put you in touch if it helps.
P - thank you. I promise to always defend NYC and not forget I used to live here.
8 - whatever help he can give, even if it's just explaining which neighborhoods are where, I would greatly appreciate. I don't work in publishing now and I'm open to other avenues.
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