tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420588284750686318.post8308243200305142439..comments2023-11-25T03:26:52.246-08:00Comments on I Claudio: Joseph McElroy Book Tour ReviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420588284750686318.post-86212240988727431992011-02-20T18:33:17.764-08:002011-02-20T18:33:17.764-08:00Dear I Claudio
It's my turn to say belated th...Dear I Claudio<br /><br />It's my turn to say belated thanks for your comments, especially those in the last paragraph. My book, _Verbatim: A Novel_, is for sale at Island Books on Mercer Island, should you be interested in it.<br /><br />I can only imagine, from hearing McElroy on podcasts, that he welcomes questions, since on those occasions he did take some. So perhaps there would have been discussion. Hopefully he'll come through there again soon enough to read from his next book. I'd be interested in reading what you think of that.<br /><br />Cordially yours,<br />Jeff BurseyJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813604798802451639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420588284750686318.post-53927665007419453182011-02-13T00:55:45.477-08:002011-02-13T00:55:45.477-08:00Dear Mr. Bursey,
Thank you for the nice comments.
...Dear Mr. Bursey,<br />Thank you for the nice comments.<br /><br />I spoke to Casey this week and he said I blew it by not staying for Mr. McElroy, despite the long reading. <br /><br />Perhaps my immpatients got the best of me but I look for discussion as well as recital from an writer and the idea of listening to fifty minutes of straight reading is more than I am willing to sit through. <br /><br />I agree with you about the too short readings by authors who have little to say: often those don’t get reviewed. I don’t want to imply that an author should be reduced down to a second rate carnival huckster but it is a rather large part of author readings that are neglected.<br /><br />Yes the best part of author reading is the ability for the writer to not only connect with fans but create new readers. If not, then the book stores will go the way of records which is a horror in my opinion, for even a bad author reading is better than any reality television show.<br /><br />I’ve looked at your nice website and will follow your career. If you like please contact me if you are reading in Seattle so that I can spread the word to fill up the chairs.<br /><br />My best regards <br />I ClaudioIClaudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291758518688202280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420588284750686318.post-28535830785694321352011-02-10T06:18:28.132-08:002011-02-10T06:18:28.132-08:00Claudio:
I read with interest your remarks.
As a...Claudio:<br /><br />I read with interest your remarks.<br /><br />As an author who is currently on tour, I believe if people are interested enough to come out to hear me read, they should get an evening of entertainment. I've been to too many 15-minute readings, so I give about 30 minutes, with some talk in between and questions after. For McElroy, I'd sit for an hour.<br /><br />If you think the purpose is primarily to sell books, then I can see that your view is quite legitimate, and quite applicable to certain authors. But if you've read McElroy, then you know his books like to connect humans to each other, and there he was doing that in front of you; not selling a product, but interacting with you and all other audience members. It's too bad you coulnd't have let the night play out just to see if McElroy's approach worked.<br /><br />Cordially yours,<br />Jeff BurseyJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813604798802451639noreply@blogger.com