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Another book grab! Fast and free! JUJITSU RABBI AND THE GODLESS BLONDE, plus KISS AND TELL and THE MAINE EVENT

February 19, 2013 by Hank Stuever 7 Comments

Time for another Tonsil blog book giveaway. This one is a real jackpot — the first three responders will get a package of three new books written by friends o’ mine. You’re not competing for individual titles; winners will get all three. (You don’t want all three? Look, these aren’t lima beans I’m servin’ here. You’ll get three delicious books — and perhaps the pleasure of re-gifting one or two of them out to a wider, literate world.) See instructions below. To win, you must send an email, not leave a comment to this blog post.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Anne Rodgers, book promotion, books, Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde, Kiss and Tell: Secrets of Sexual Desire from Women 15 to 97, Maureen Whelihan, Memoir, Rebecca Dana, Spike Gillespie, The Maine Event, writing

Sentimental journeys

November 23, 2009 by Hank Stuever 3 Comments

austin_skyline

If you’ve been reading this blog or if you know me even just a little, then you know that when it comes to memory and the past and driving around I can be a total sap. Fair warning, then. Move on or get in the passenger seat…

I lived in Austin for just a bit longer than three years — from 1996 to 1999, which was sort of like the roaring ’20s in that town, the decade everyone and everything became unbearably hip and people got rich just by being in the right action-figure-adorned cubicle farm internet start-up company at the exact right time. Being here this weekend really made it seem like forever ago.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin, Austin American-Statesman, Austin in the 1990s, Austin memories, Book People, book promotion, book tour, books, Little City coffeehouse, Mueller Airport tower, Patrick Beach, Spike Gillespie, tinsel

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