Robert Lipsyte
WELCOMEWelcome to Spring and my Home Page. My memoir, "An Accidental Sportswriter," published last year by Ecco/HarperCollins, is coming out in paperback now. And have I ever been babbling about it. Here's an edited list of where I've been and where I'm going to be. Hope to see you there! 2011 Oct. 4 Palo Alto, CA. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center 7PM. Talk and signing (Susie Koppett, widow of the great Leonard Koppett was there.) Oct. 9 Great Neck, NY - Saddle Rock School auditorium 2 PM. Sports panel with Jimmy Breslin and Murray Polner. (My old college room-mate, Art Rifkin, and his wife, Eva showed up.) Oct. 16 New York City New York Times Auditorium. 11 AM I was MC of a panel of authors Rita Mae Brown, Lee Child, Philippa Gregory, Sapphire all terrific speakers. Oct. 27 Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. JCC- 7:30 PM. Talk and signing Nov. 3 Stamford, CT. Stamford JCC 7 PM. Talk and signing. Nov. 6 Rochester, NY. JCC of Greater Rochester 7:30 PM. Talk and signing. Nov. 7 Dayton, O. Dayton JCC 7PM. Talk and signing. Nov. 15 New York City Columbia J-School panel Nov. 20 Cleveland, O.- Mandel JCC 6PM. Talk and signing 2012 March 13 East Hills, NY Sid Jacobson JCC 7:30 PM. Talk and signing. (With Len Berman and Kostya Kennedy) April 14 - Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Talking about sports as history to history teachers. April 29 125th anniversary - Moffat Library of Washingtonville, NY lunch at Mountainville (NY) Manor -- with SAM LIPSYTE April 30 - Bronx Museum - 5 P.M. . May 17 - Silurians annual dinner, Players CLub, New York June 17 - Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York June 27-July 1 - Aspen Institute - details to come August 11 - East Hampton (NY) Library Authors Night - 5 PM October 12 - Stockton College Sports Symposium, Atlantic City - While you're buying "An Accidental Sportswriter," pick up another great read, "Along the Roaring River: From Mao to the Met" by Hao Jiang Tian with my wife, Lois B. Morris, and my son Sam's latest novel, "The Ask," published by FSG, a New York Times best-seller and one of its best books of 2010. My first middle-grade novel, "The Twinning Project," will be published by Clarion Books in October, 2012. It's edited by the great Dinah Stevenson, who I have wanted to work with for 30 years. Finally! I'll be using THE LIPSITE page for other articles you might enjoy and whatever is currently on my mind. Right now, there's a terrific piece about me by Bryan Curtis of The Daily Beast, and a piece I wrote several years ago for The New York Times on being a YA writer among others. In the JOCK CULTURE section you'll find pieces about my take on sports. And don't forget Milo, who arrived last August. He's about 7 years old, a beautiful tri-color (black, white, brown) Cocker Spaniel mixture from Last Chance Animal Rescue. He was named for the protagonist of Sam's book, "The Ask." He's sweet and funny and doesn't eat grandchildren. He might write his own book someday. A busy year shaping up in 2012 but there's always time to answer your e-mails. So don't forget to drop me a line. |
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