first time doing book events ever in : Austin, Indianpolis, Chicago, Nashville, San Diego, Calgary, and Hamilton. i'm very excited!

thank you, Heide!! i hope we'll get to see each other in September :)

i enjoyed that chat so much. thanks, Lee!

aww Anton! readers definitely feel that way about you already. i enjoyed that panel so much. hope we get to do it again soon!!

anyways, i am currently writing a Novel About a City, and trying to read as many Novels About (real) Cities as I can – eg Ben Lerner's LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION, Elif Batuman's THE IDIOT, Katie Kitamura's INTIMACIES, Teju Cole's OPEN CITY... any recommendations, particularly for cities in Asia?

(i dipped into threads briefly to see what was going on there...what a mess!)

i will use this space to chat about interesting books and re-share knowledge from thinkers and activists who i learned something from. i really missed having a social space in which to think out loud!