It’s high time to start planning for the next Salon again. I understand Kiri’s speaking engagement at Juniata, originally a perfect excuse for a spring Salon, has been pushed back to the fall. I would be happy to organize one around my new digs in San Francisco, and Elizabeth and Donna have both graciously offered to host one as well. Time for a little poll. Which do you prefer?
* Aprilish, East Coast
* (Aprilish, West Coast won’t work for Donna, if I understand correctly)
* Julyish, East Coast
* Julyish, West Coast
* Or suggest something not on the list…
It’s odd and delightful to me when I discover an intersection between two of my interests that I had thought of as disparate. In this case, the interests were reading great novels and politics, as I discovered that my favorite living writer has written an op-ed for the Washington Post in favor of Obama. I was already an Obama supporter, but even if I weren’t, Michael Chabon’s astonishing writing skill would make me take another look. No one will ever accuse him of being wishy-washy:
“So I have nodded and looked into their eyes and hummed sympathetically as people gave their reasons and made their excuses and generally offered up, as if they were golden ingots of profound wisdom, the handful of two-penny nails with which they plan to board up the windows of their hopes for themselves, their families, their country and the world.”
Yeah, what he said! The article is here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020302526.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
(Drop me an email if you would like to use my Washington Post login.)
My only question is…umm…Mr. Chabon, can I vote for you?