Wordstock 2009 started Thursday;
here's what i thought of Saturday:
Worth seeing:
James Ellroy
Worth buying:
- Livability by Jon Raymond
- Clown Girl by Monica Drake
- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (the holiday season is coming up)
Not worth listening:
Jeanette Walls
Makes the whole excursion worthwhile:
- Hipster spotting
- Powell's free books section (crazy 1970s self-help books, obscure & ancient Russian textbooks, Japanese exercise and child-raising how-to books)
- Powell's book fair & author signing
- lots and lots of cute hipster/lit geek boys.
