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Monthly Archives: October 2013

New Book, “Trying to be Cool: Growing Up in the 1950s”

Posted on October 29, 2013 by admin

My new book is a memoir of being a teenager in the 1950s world of rock ‘n’ roll, monster movies, and the Cold War. It’s available as a Kindle on Amazon and a Nook on B&N, and as a paperback.Trying To Be Cool FInal2

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Appearing at Skylight Books, November 24, 2013

Posted on October 28, 2013 by admin

I’ll be talking about and reading from “Trying to be Cool” at Skylight Books at 5:00 on November 24.

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