Tour schedule for Hardball

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July 30, 2009

Tour schedule for Hardball

When my webmistress, Lisa Hazen, finishes my new site, the blog and the tour info and everything will all be available in one place, and I will be trained in […]

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July 28, 2009

V I’s Whereabouts–Updated

I didn’t give enough details on how and when to send in your suggestions for where V I spent the years I was writing other stories (see the post below […]

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July 26, 2009

Where Has V I Warshawski Been?

Hardball will be in stores on September 22, but I have an extra Advance Reader Copy –what some people call bound galleys.  As you may remember, it’s been a few […]

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July 24, 2009

Thank you, New Jersey!

I live in a state that has sent 3 governors to prison since 1960, with a 4th on his way.  And I live in a city and county where public […]

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July 22, 2009

Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

This book, by Kate Summerscale, is quite a tour de force.  Jonathan Whicher was one of the first detectives in the Metropolitan Police in 19th Century London, and Summerscale tells […]

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July 20, 2009

SPS

When I was a kid, if I brought home the news that my teacher had particularly praised some project of mine, my father would frown and say, “SPS.” This stands […]

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July 9, 2009

Bronzeville, Chicago

I’m writing an essay for Granta about Bronzeville, the Great Migration of African Americans from the south to Chicago early in the Twentieth Century, Chicago’s racism, and my favorite Chicago […]

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July 4, 2009

July 4

On July 4, I have a ritual that includes listening to Paul Robeson sing “Ballad for Americans,”  reading the Declaration of Independence aloud with my husband, and eating chocolate ice […]

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