A daily blog by author John Green, winner of the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award for his debut work of fiction, "Looking for Alaska."
John's second novel, "An Abundance of Katherines," is now available at Amazon.com.
Nice work here, Mr. Green. I was teaching yesterday, and the loss of Kurt Vonnegut was with me all day, but I had no chance to really deal with it. Nor did was I ready to. I've been on the moody side lately, and I need to take my time with this one. Vonnegut was huge with me in my youth, I just taught "Harrison Bergeron" last week, and a kid did a book talk on SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE in my class the other day. Vonnegut is also all over the novel I'm revising right now, so . . .
The piece you chose was a good one for me, too. I grew up on a midwestern lake--I think you heard my "Icy Illinois" essay--which was not just a summer setting, but my home for the first 18 years of my life and where I made MY first maps of the world.
I really enjoyed your panel at TLA (I gushed about you here: http://allellie.blogspot.com/2007/04/tla-or-bust.html). You handled the whole oral sex justification amazingly!
Nice work here, Mr. Green. I was teaching yesterday, and the loss of Kurt Vonnegut was with me all day, but I had no chance to really deal with it. Nor did was I ready to. I've been on the moody side lately, and I need to take my time with this one. Vonnegut was huge with me in my youth, I just taught "Harrison Bergeron" last week, and a kid did a book talk on SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE in my class the other day. Vonnegut is also all over the novel I'm revising right now, so . . .
ReplyDeleteThe piece you chose was a good one for me, too. I grew up on a midwestern lake--I think you heard my "Icy Illinois" essay--which was not just a summer setting, but my home for the first 18 years of my life and where I made MY first maps of the world.
Thanks.
Great eulogy. And, by the way -- I just finished Looking for Alaska, and it was incredible. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading the Katherines as well.
I really enjoyed your panel at TLA (I gushed about you here: http://allellie.blogspot.com/2007/04/tla-or-bust.html). You handled the whole oral sex justification amazingly!
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