Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
And if you can't, you can get it here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195124707/thewellauthorspr/103-55963
90-0600641
  

    
Oh, it's finally in? It wasn't last time I checked. Cool.
  

    
well, the amazon page says "Usually ships within 24 hours." Maybe that's
boilerplate. I'm assuming it's readily available, though.
  

    
Last time I looked (last week) it said Not Yet Published or some
such, so this is progress. Thanks!
  

    
(currently on hold with local indie book store. weird coincidence. GD
on the "on hold music")
  

    
Powell's in Portland (and online at http://www.powells.com) has it.
Third Place Books north of SEattle has one copy. That copy will be mine
tomorrow. 
  

    
For those in broadcast range: David Dodd and Diana Spaulding will chat with
me about The Grateful Dead Reader this Friday night 8/18 on KPFK 90.7 FM in
Los Angeles. The interview should begin around 8:15 or so.
  

    

I recieved notification today that amazon.com had shipped my copy
  

    
Just got it yesterday from Amazon.  List is $25, and including shipping from
Amazon, I got it for jsut under $22.00

I read the first couple of pages, and this iwll be my night time reading.
So far, I like the way you are introducing the 'feeling' of what it means to
be a deadhead...
  

    


From: "Bill Kramer" <b.kramer@lycos.com>



David and Diana,

Got my copy of "GD Reader" Wednesday (at a Charlottesville, VA Barnes
and Noble - so it's out there), and just wanted to say that it's a
beaut.

As befitting the subject matter and Oxoford's reputation, it's nicely
presented. Strong binding, and tasteful layout. Great touch with the
dancing bears across the bottom of the pages, and the lightning bolts
seperating passages in the longer selections.

As a longtime Deadhead, I've collected as much as possible written
about Dead over the years (to the extent of haunting libraries,
ordering back issues of magazines, and relying on the benevolence of
the vaunted Dead network of friends), and have much of what's here. But
this book is essential because it pulls together much of the great
writing about the band together in one place.

Enjoyed the stuff I hadn't read yet. McNally's piece (when is he EVER
gonna finish HIS book??!!), and several others.  Great to see Charlie
Haas' thing included

My only quibble (a minor one) would been to include Ken Babb's fine
article about Garcia's recovery that appeared in the Golden Road. A
very different look from a very different perspective. Must have been
tough to pick the content.

Anyway, my humble compliments on a job well done. This one belongs on
every Deadhead's bookshelf.

Bill Kramer
  

    
Picked up my copy yesterday at Staceys on Market in S.F.. Now, if I could
just find the time with my parents in town to read a few chapters....

Looks great, though, and I really look forward to diving into this
fabulous literary collection!
  

    
Gee, it's great to hear that people are actually getting the book and
enjoying it! We weren't sure if Oxford was EVER going to ship it to
stores...

We just got off the phone with <shmo>, who does a fine radio
interview, and decided we'd better check the Inkwell since he mentioned
this venue on the air!

Bill Kramer: thanks for the note. It's nice to hear that a collector,
who has read a similar mountain of material, thinks it's an ok
selection. It's true that we had to leave a bunch of very good stuff
out (one of which was Kesey's own piece after Garcia died: The False
Notes He Never Played). There's definitely room for more such
collections--but maybe not for a year or two, ok? (Just kidding...)

Dennis McNally really can write, can't he? We are all eagerly awaiting
the "official" bio, and I have heard rumors that several hundred pages
are done and being read by select individuals, who think it's great so
far. His bio of Kerouac was wonderful, and was the reason he was hired
by the band (or so I have it from a piece he wrote somewhere--don't
make me prove it).

We're starting to do a short series of bookstore signings (after the
launch at the Booksmith), which will include the Capitola Book Cafe,
Border's San Rafael, and Cody's in Berkeley (Telegraph store) over the
next couple of weeks. See our events listing at
http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/gdreader.html#events
for details! David Gans, Blair Jackson, Charlie Haas, Susana Millman,
and Mary Eisenhart, among others, have said they'll be at some or other
of the events. And we're REALLY HOPING that William Craddock will show
up at the Capitola event. (Though we haven't heard back from him.)

 
  

    
I've seen a bit of Dennis's book, and he has threatened to make me read the
whole thing (along with several other peer types; actually, I'd be honored to
be one of his peer reviewers).  What I've seen is quite promising -- he has
designed a very interesting book.
  

    
Brief update from Capitola: no sign of William Craddock at our reading,
which was, nevertheless, nicely attended and a lot of fun to do. Great
bookstore, the Capitola Book Cafe. And hey, our names were up on the store
marquee: Johnny B. Goode Tonight!
  

    
I loved that place, too. They shot my appearance for local cable
access so now I have a tape of me doing a reading; kinda fun.

Got my copy of GDR in the mail today from the publisher. Very exciting
to finally have a real copy!
  

    
Gee, they didn't shoot us for local cable...but that's just as well.
As usual, we went in with no set list for this reading, and bumbled our
way through. Had some great questions and comments from the audience,
including one from a confused guy who wondered if we were talking about
a book that was out of print, since we mentioned so frequently that
this or that piece in the book was unavailable anywhere...we set him
straight (as straight as we could).

If anyone out there reading this who is NOT a contributor (or, I
guess, even if you are) and would like to help get the word out, would
you be willing to post a reader review on Amazon? There aren't any yet.


Next week's events include an appearance at 7:30 p.m. at Border's
Books in San Rafael with the two of us, plus Blair Jackson, and, I
think, David Gans. David? Are you going to be there?
  

    
What day?
  

    
Is that the Borders up off 101 near Toys R Us? That's Thursday, right?
 I'll be there!
  

    
Great, Blair! Yes, it's the place by Toys R Us. Blair will also talk
some about his *Garcia*, which was just re-released in trade paperback.


David Gans, alas, will be unable to attend! Too close to the PigNic,
this weekend's concert with an incredible lineup of musicians. 
  

    
Uh, David, remind me when the Cody's one is...
  

    
The Cody's reading is on Thursday, September 7, at 7 p.m. at the
Telegraph Ave. store.
See Cody's calendar (which has a photograph of us!) at
http://www.codysbooks.com/calendar/calendar2.html
  

    
Photo by Susana Millman, by the way, who will also be there for the
Cody's reading!
  

    
I read a short section aloud when we were out sailing with friends.
They like it! I haven't read enough to post a review, but might be able
to after this weekend if I decide NOT to paint the kitchen (ah life!) 
  

    
The Reader was reviewed, more or less favorably, in Sunday's S.F.
Chronicle, by Andrea Behr. 
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/03/RV582
6.DTL
  

    

Very interesting, if mixed, interview.  But ultimately favorable, although
it was hard to tell which side of the fence the reviewer was on until the
last sentence.