How to Be Happy: Review Haiku

Trippy collection
of fever-dream short stories;
worth a close re-read.

How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis. Fantagraphics, 2014, 152 pages.

BEA: I am here.

Spending midweek at everyone's favorite level of Hell: the Javits Center.

http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/

Roller Girl: Review Haiku

Take some time away
from your barbecues to meet
one kick-ass skate babe.

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. Dial, 2015, 240 pages.

My Favorite Things: Review Haiku

A coffee-table
book for Kalman fans: richly drawn
and richly felt.

My Favorite Things by Maira Kalman. Harper Design, 2014, 160 pages.

THIS IS FORTY, BITCHEZZZZ.

Happy birthday to me.

Displacement: Review Haiku

Lucy takes her grandparents
on the worst/best cruise ever:
Heart-wrenching.

Displacement by Lucy Knisley. Fantagraphics, 2015, 168 pages.

On hiatus

Taking a post-show blogging break because I am TIRED, y'all. Almost-forty-year-olds are allowed to do this. 

ST. PAUL'S TONIGHT: Come see me being silly!

On Saturday,  May 2, at 7:00pm, and Sunday, May 3, at 3:00pm, I'll be wearing a very short poodle skirt and leading a cast of fellow crazy Episcopalians in a tribute to the music and culture of the 1950s.

• Your favorite tunes, from Bill Haley to Elvis Presley!
• Men's synchronized swimming!
• Terrible vintage commercials!
• A real rock-and-roll band!

It's a ton of fun: what we may lack in skill, we more than make up for in enthusiasm and joy. Tickets are $10; all proceeds support the ministries and programs of St. Paul's.

COME SEE US!

ST. PAUL'S TONIGHT: ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK.
Saturday, May 2, 7:00pm
Sunday, May 3, 3:00pm
Tickets $10 at the door
John Glenn Middle School auditorium, 99 McMahon Road, Bedford, MA 01730.