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Jun. 14th, 2006 11:24 amLast week I went to two booksignings for author E. Lynn Harris. Thursday was A Different Light (gay bookstore) in San Francisco and Friday was Cody’s (general) in Berkeley. ADL’s a regular stop for Mr. Harris, but Cody’s was new for him so I figured I’d go there instead of to the Saturday venue, Marcus Books (African American) in Oakland, which is always packed for his signings. He tells fun stories and at ADL he only did a Q & A. I’m glad I went to Cody’s as well because there weren’t as many questions, so he read. However …
At ADL Mr. Harris recognized and acknowledged me as a regular when he was signing books. At Cody’s he nodded toward me (I think) when he was speaking from the podium. When we queued up and he had his assistant take pics of him and the occasional fan, when I was up to get books signed, he said to her, "You’ve got to take one of me with my stalker!" Fortunately, he was smiling and didn’t appear to be readying a restraining order, so I grinned and stood next to him, arm in arm. We spoke a bit longer than at ADL, which was nice. He can’t wait for the "Dreamgirls" movie and mentioned he’d already been invited to a sneak preview when I asked him about the casting.
Was tempted to go to the Marcus reading/signing, if only to reinforce the “stalker” thing, but didn’t. Maybe next time.
Did have a delicious dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
debmats right afterward at Berkeley’s Café Rouge (sometimes referred to as "Zuni Café East"). Stuffed squid, house-made patés and mortadella, pork w/polenta and shavings of summer truffles. Yum, yum, yum.
I should always end a stressful work week by being called a stalker by a favorite author.
At ADL Mr. Harris recognized and acknowledged me as a regular when he was signing books. At Cody’s he nodded toward me (I think) when he was speaking from the podium. When we queued up and he had his assistant take pics of him and the occasional fan, when I was up to get books signed, he said to her, "You’ve got to take one of me with my stalker!" Fortunately, he was smiling and didn’t appear to be readying a restraining order, so I grinned and stood next to him, arm in arm. We spoke a bit longer than at ADL, which was nice. He can’t wait for the "Dreamgirls" movie and mentioned he’d already been invited to a sneak preview when I asked him about the casting.
Was tempted to go to the Marcus reading/signing, if only to reinforce the “stalker” thing, but didn’t. Maybe next time.
Did have a delicious dinner with
debmats right afterward at Berkeley’s Café Rouge (sometimes referred to as "Zuni Café East"). Stuffed squid, house-made patés and mortadella, pork w/polenta and shavings of summer truffles. Yum, yum, yum.I should always end a stressful work week by being called a stalker by a favorite author.
