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Even Here We Are

I'm Jodi Chromey, a writer who lives in Minnesota. This is the story of my life. You can reach me at jodi@iwilldare.com.

the latest: Some bookstore in Northfield lists their bookclubs as author readings so that it appears as though JD Salinger will be there in a few weeks # 12 hours ago

• Things I Want to Tell You

  • Bob Longmore from How Was The Show, proves my theory that The Hold Steady/Drive-by Truckers show was fucking magic. [+]
  • Google suggesting the correct spelling of your name has got to be a sign of some sort of success, right? [+]
  • "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

    "What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured."
    -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 [+]

  • 50 years of popular songs condensed into single sentences. My favorite: Frank Sinatra, "Strangers in the Night" -- I'm drunk and I want to do it with you. {via} [+]

• Recently Dared

  • A THS/DBT review by someone who isn’t a bratty 22 year old (5)
    • jags: I, also, was supporting local music at Stasiu’s with my closing-in-on-50 ass that night. I am so relieved...
    • David: Thank goodness my 40-something ass was out until past bartime supporting local bands that night instead of...
    • AC: I was too busy being in my 30s, being drunk, and shamelessly flirting my way through the evening. I hope I got a...
  • Can you rewire a night person? (1)
    • Jason: After keeping a steady job for eight years, I have become a person whose body cannot sleep in and has trouble...
  • A partial list of famous authors I dissed last night at Grumpy’s much to the chagrin of some classmates (3)
    • Peabo: Yay!! More haters!! Alice Munro sucks. And I also agree with your assessment that Robinson is the Iowan Munro.
    • Lerren: Oh, I second (third?) that Alice Munro comment - we had to read several of her books in high school *because...

• Reading 2008

  1. The Gargoyle
  2. When I Grow up: A Memoir
  3. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
  4. Twilight
  5. Indignation (review)
  6. Dear Everybody (review)
  7. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination (review)
  8. What Was Lost (review)
  9. The Alcoholic (review)
  10. The Wordy Shipmates
  11. Downtown Owl (review)
  12. Personal Days (review)
  13. When You Are Engulfed in Flames (review)
  14. Kafka on the Shore (review)
  15. The Night of the Gun (review)
  16. Netherland (review)
  17. Who Do You Love (Review)
  18. America America (review)
  19. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star (review)
  20. Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be (review)
  21. The Importance of Music to Girls (review)
  22. The Ghost Writer
  23. Secret Lives of Great Authors (review)
  24. The Wonders of the Invisible World (review)
  25. I Love You, Beth Cooper (review)
  26. The Monsters of Templeton (review)
  27. The Dead Fish Museum (review)
  28. The Stone Gods (review)
  29. I am the Messenger (podcast)
  30. Things I've Learned from the Women Who've Dumped Me (review)
  31. Things That Fall From the Sky (review)
  32. The Learners (review)
  33. Rock On (review)
  34. Bang Crunch (review)
  35. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (podcast)
  36. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (podcast)
  37. My Life in Heavy Metal (review)
  38. Candy Girl (review)
  39. Post Office (review)
  40. The Descendants (review)
  41. Self-Help (review)
  42. Atonement (review)
  43. The Screwtape Letters (podcast)
  44. No One Belongs Here More Than You (review)
  45. Away
  46. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (podcast)

  Books Read 2002-2007

• Minnesota Reads

  • 6 questions we always ask — Jennifer Dougherty, the newest MN Reads reviewer
  • I Am Sarah Vowell’s Target Geek
  • Book Links: The I was so busy making this list I let my pizza burn edition

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