Glen David Gold Is Coming to Greenlight!

Next week, as part of the ongoing “author/blogger” event series at Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore, I’ll sit down for a conversation with Glen David Gold about Sunnyside, which uses Charlie Chaplin’s film career during the First World War, and the American government’s propaganda efforts, as the starting point for a brilliant, freewheeling exploration of the origins of celebrity culture. Last summer, when Glen came to New York, we talked a bit about the novel’s origins:

“I grew up in Los Angeles,” Gold continued, “so I’ve seen fame happen to people. I’ve seen how gravity realigns around them when they enter the room. So what would it be like to be the first person that had happened to?”

So we’ll talk some more about that, and knowing us, we’ll probably talk about comic books, and if I ask nicely, maybe Glen will share another reading recommendation with us, like he did last year:

7 June 2010 | events |