…is in Albany, and so is the College of Saint Rose, home to the extremely well-run Frequency North Visiting Writers Series, which I got to read in last night…
….along with Alexander Chee, whose forthcoming novel, The Queen of the Night, contains one of the most amusing historically factual lists ever listed: Dan Nester (posing alluringly, below) runs the series, and as you can see, he gets a great turnout on both the left…
…and right sides of the Standish Rooms…
..not to mention he sees that attractive promotional posters are displayed in places of prominence all over campus prior to the events:
Earlier in the afternoon, before the reading, I got to talk to a mix of Experimental Essay…
During the Q& A, I proudly claimed to be a super-orderly, incredibly plan-oriented, Type A individual, but I’d be lying if I said the jumbled scrawl of notes on the whiteboard by the end of my lecture totally corroborated that: After the reading we went to dinner at the Ginger Man, which, if you ever find yourself in Albany, I recommend. Thanks to everyone for coming to the reading, to all the undergrad and grad students for the great questions, to Alexander Chee for being a fantastic co-reader, and last but not least, to Dan Nester for organizing everything, and also for treating us to this epic fruit and cheese plate: