On the shelf

Last night, after a small but enjoyable meeting of our monthly book discussion group at McNally Jackson , I wandered over to the literary criticism section and spotted the unmistakable aqua color of my book on the bottom shelf. Two copies of A Basket of Leaves were wedged there side by side.

My book has only been available for a short while in the US, and this was the first time I’d seen it on sale in a bookstore. It was a nice moment. And to make it better, Jenn and I had just met up with Johnny Temple of Akashic Books, whose author Jennifer Baumgardner was reading at the store that night.