I'm at a coffee shop in Tupelo, Mississippi (or possibly right outside Tupelo, Mississippi--it's hard to tell) and I have a very brief window in which to blog, because we have to drive through a good part of Tennessee today. This has been a great trip, though.

Last night we were in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the hometown of William Faulkner and also one of my favorite towns in the world and also the home of Square Books, which is my favorite bookstore. We walked in to Square Books, Jr last night before dinner and they had a WHOLE ENTIRE DISPLAY of paperback copies of Looking for Alaska. The guy working there had read both my books (and his name was Colin!) and we chatted for a while. It was pretty amazing. Anyway, you should buy a paperback copy of Alaska from Square Books, or from the independent bookseller in your town. You can also--and this is sort of weird--buy one at Target.

I mean, Target. That's weird.

Okay I gotta go see Elvis' birthplace now.