Dayton, Ohio

Frontline + ProPublica's "A Rust Belt City's Economic Struggle," establishes the substantial challenges of Southwestern Ohio, but offers nothing on the greatness of Dewey's Pizza and Dayton's Original Pizza Factory.

The "Ohio Country"

"Helene Bachmüller of Dayton, Ohio, wrote to let Förster-Nietzsche know that her brother had inspired the belief that human greatness was still possible in the modern world. Though unworthy of his greatness, he nevertheless awakened in her a longing for something deeper in herself. Nietzsche, Bachmüller confessed, had saved her from her 'own inner emptiness.' The 'Ohio country' she called home had become 'tame and commonplace,' filled with lives 'trivial and . . . essentially ugly, for they are engrossed with matters of money and motors, not work or faith or art.' Though disgusted by the offensive mediocrity around her, she was also chagrined by her own limitations: 'It would be, probably, impossible for you to imagine anything more superficial than I am.'"

~~ from American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas 

        by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

2016 spring appearances

I'll have new copies of Auggie's Revenge and the all new Classroom Edition of Fight for Your Long Day at all of these events. Look for updates as new appearances are booked.

March 31 to April 2:  AWP in Los Angeles, Beating Windward Table 1664 at the Book Fair

(I'll sign copies at the table from Thursday, 3 p.m., through Saturday, 5 p.m.)

Friday April 8:          4Cs in Houston, Texas

(I'll be roaming around and will have books on hand.)

Thursday May 5, 7 p.m.:           Reading and signing at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio                                            

Wright Library, Saturday, March 5

I'm happy to announce that I'll be reading from "Frade Killed Ellen" or Auggie's Revenge at 3 p.m. as part of an author fair at Wright Library in Oakwood, Ohio (Dayton metro area) on Saturday afternoon, March 5.

Featured authors: Peggy Barnes, Molly Campbell, Barbara Cerny, Ed Davis, Ann Hagedorn, Katrina Kittle, Alex Kudera, P. Andrew Miller, Rebecca Morean, Sharon Short. 

Wright Library Poets: Matt Birdsall, Cecile Cary, Grace Curtis, Betsy Hughes, Fred Kirchner

Wright Library Writers: Harold Coffman, Donald Peacock, and James Tajiri

The Event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Wright Library's front reading rooms.