The Accidental Terrorist
June's CD Mix of the Month
My CD mix of the month for tonight's rare June meetup is The Accidental Terrorist: An Imaginary Soundtrack to the Movie of the Memoir. However, it could equally well serve as a soundtrack to the book, especially in the form...
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How bookstore returns forced me to rethink my publishing strategy
Returnable books are what enable brick-and-mortar stores to maintain an affordable inventory. But they also put a huge burden on small publishers—like me.
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Hear me read tonight at Write This Down in Brooklyn!
If you’re in or near Brooklyn tonight, I hope you’ll drop by Branded Saloon to hear personal essays by me and some other excellent writers and storytellers . . . Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm Write This Down: A Creative Nonfiction Reading Series...
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Catch me in New York City on September 30 and October 2
New Yorkers! I’m participating in two events next week that I hope you’ll be able to come out and see: Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm Write This Down: A Creative Nonfiction Reading Series Branded Saloon, 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn At...
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This 30-year-old article can't tell you what it's like to be a missionary
This Deseret News article from Saturday, February 28, 1987, can tell you all about what got me arrested earlier that week, but it can't tell you what it was actually like to be a reluctant 19-year-old Mormon missionary in the...
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This article from 30 years ago today spoils everything about my memoir
Well, maybe not everything. This Salt Lake Tribune article from Saturday, February 28, 1987, may tell you the basics of the central plot elements, but it doesn't tell you what it was actually like to be a reluctant 19-year-old Mormon...
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What was costly for me, you can read for a pittance
This was another headline 30 years ago today, when my days ahead looked fatter but my wallet was definitely thinner. But what was so costly for me, you can read about for a pittance. While supplies last, signed editions of...
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This story cost me big, but you can get it for cheap
This was the headline 30 years ago today. I was, to my vast relief, a free man, but much poorer for the experience. But what cost me big, you can get for cheap. While supplies last, signed editions of my...
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Free shipping on signed editions of my memoir, 30 years after my trial
Thirty years ago today, I went on trial in Provincial Court in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. How I got there and what came after is the subject of my memoir, The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. Now, three decades...
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Signed editions of my memoir as low as $11.95, with free shipping!
It was 30 years ago today that my trial over charges stemming from a false bomb threat got underway in Provincial Court in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. A kid who didn't want to be a missionary in the first place was...
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