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June 06, 2005

I Love My Bookstore

Working at Americs'a best bookstore has given me a chance to do some incredible things and go to some incredible places. Tonight was one of them.

PEN-New England, an organization of local writers, held a fundraiser at Fenway called "Writing Baseball: Great Writers on the Greatest Game." The main event was a panel discussion with Stephen King, Roger Angell, John Updike, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Lewis. They shared stories about the role of baseball in their youths, the relationship between the game and literature, and some current issues facing the sport today. All in the .406 club with the field as a beautiful backdrop.

And since our store was supposed to sell books at the event, then wasn't - a convoluted saga - my boss Frank and I got complimentary tickets to the reception beforehand. Where I got to get some autographs (Stephen King signed my oft-read tattered paperback "The Shining"), eat some fabulous food, meet owner Larry Lucchino (I think I babbled thanks for last year, but who knows) and...

Wow

You weren't allowed to actually touch it. Fair enough. If I'd ever developed a curveball, maybe someday I would have earned that right. Some more pics here.

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That is awesome! You should scan the autograph you got from Stephen King. :)

Posted by: Sooz [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 7, 2005 10:40 AM

That is soo cool. I really miss it. How did you get picked to be Frank's buddy for the event?

Posted by: JB | June 7, 2005 12:55 PM

The best way to get invited to stuff like that is to carefully cultivate, over a number of years, a reputation as "the guy who will do anything if it means working a Red Sox event". Turns out they didn't need me to work, but I was vocally willing to schlep books, move tables, clean grout, gut fish...you name it.

Posted by: Michael | June 7, 2005 01:35 PM

Oooh! I hate you!

Posted by: Secret Agent Cathy | June 10, 2005 09:11 PM