Good Day, ATLANTA!!!
I just did my first ever TV spot, on the FOX morning show here in Atlanta. I'm still shaky from the weird adrenalin-boost I got.
Man, was I nervous!
I was there to show off my "Kosher for Passover" Easter basket... and to plug Half/Life too. I followed Deborah Tannen, author of "You're Wearing THAT!?" She was lovely.
Four minutes goes FAST!
In other news!!! I'm reading this week at Emory, Thursday night at 8, in the Harris Hall Parlor, with Sueyeun Juliette. This will be poetry, and I'm reading from Daphne & Jim...
Please come?
4 Comments:
Congrats on your appearance and break a leg Thursday night. I'm commmitted to Sharon Olds that night, but I'll see you soon!
CK
Congrats, roomie, you star of page and screen! Can't wait to read your book on the plane!
Love,
Ali
P.S. I hope someone taped it so we can watch it next year at AWP.
Mazel Tov on the TV show.
I work with Christine Harris at San Francisco Public and she told me about your book, Half Life.
After reading the article in Soft Skull, I would like to share my Irishy Passover piece with you.
"I would add a potato to the seder plate.
My first reason for adding the potato is to add my Irish heritage to my Jewish spirituality.
In researching the history of the potato, I find that it has many reasons for having a place of honor on the seder plate.
The potato has traveled the continents of the world. In most of the places it has gone, it has adapted and become an essential part of the culture. It contains most of the vitamins for sustenance, is hardy and requires little space to thrive.
Many of the qualities of the potato remind me of the qualities of the Jewish people in the Diaspora.
It not only played an important role in Irish history, but was popular in Germany and Prussia as well. In the 1740’s, Frederick the Great of Prussia and King William of Germany began campaigns to introduce potatoes to their empires.
Through these monarchs’ support, the potato became a valuable staple crop in eastern Europe. Hence, we have potato kugel. And my potato has joined my ethnic heritage with my husband’s Ashkenazi roots.
Therefore, my potato on the seder plate represents not only converted Jews with Irish heritage, but all the Jews of the Diaspora."
Karen Ann Kriegel
Passover 2005
Happy Passover/Easter/whatever
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