Last stop on my book tour: Iowa City
The evening I arrived in Iowa City, Prairie Lights Books (the iconic Iowa City bookstore where I was to read the next evening), had received a threat about a book on abortion that was to be the subject of that evening’s “Live from Prairie Lights.” Consequently, the reading was cancelled and the store closed earlier. It’s disgraceful that the same people who claim to “protect” life keep threatening it. My own reading, however, went well. No one threatened anyone and the room was packed (we even had people standing in the back). The Q&A section was marked by several important questions both from the auidence and from Julie Englander, who hosted the event. The event was recorded and will air at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 10th, and at 7 p.m on Sunday, February 11th, on WSUI-AM 910, WOI-AM 640 and KRNI-AM 1010. A program will also be broadcast at 5 p.m on Sunday on KSUI-FM 91.7.
Audience Highlights: Michele Morano, a friend and soon-to-be-published writer, who drove four hours from Chicago to see me and to meet with her publishers. Her book, Grammar Lessons, will be released in a couple of weeks and has already gotten a lot of attention from the media. For information about it, please go to http://www.michelemorano.com



