Kirsten Menger-Anderson's Blog
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Mar.31.2009
Many thanks to the staff of Red Room for featuring Doctor Olaf and the other Northern California Book Awards nominees on the home page! I'm very happy to be part of this community of writers, and I hope to see and/or meet some of you at the ceremony on April 19th. Congrats to Yuyi Morales, Frances...
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Oct.02.2008
Hi. I haven't written in awhile, but I have some big news that I wanted to share: My first book is out! At least, I think it's out. The publication date printed on the advance review copies is October 21, but a friend in NYC has already received the book she ordered from Amazon, and another friend...
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Apr.18.2008
Last week I saw Mary Roach read from her latest, BONK: The Curious Couple of Science and Sex. And, wow! Not only is she great to see live, I feel like she's in my house relating her adventures as I read the book. I saw her at the Booksmith, which is where I always seem to end up because they host...
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Mar.20.2008
When I started this blog, I planned to post once a week. Clearly, I am not up to that task. My new plan is to cross post content from my brain blog here from time to time. Here is the latest from regardingdrolaf.blogspot.com:
BoingBoing brought Dr. Henry Marsh, a 58-year-old British neurosurgeon,...
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Feb.28.2008
A few days ago, I noticed that Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain is available for pre order on Amazon! I was very excited to see it there, and yes, I ordered a copy.
Other news this week has been less exciting: I tried to see Charles Baxter read at The Booksmith last night, and after an hour of bus...
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Feb.21.2008
Last night, I ventured out to the Booksmith on Haight street to see Charles Bock read from Beautiful Children. I was curious because the book got so much attention in the NYT, because Bock is a first time author about my age, and because I really wondered how all the hype would affect his reading...
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Feb.17.2008
I decided to use this space to talk a little about the cool literary events that are happening in San Francisco--or at least the very few I get to see because I have a small child and hardly ever get out of the house after dark.
Last night, however, I had a chance to see SF's Progressive Reading...
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About Kirsten
My first book, Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain, was released by Algonquin in October 2008. Pieces of the book have appeared in the Southwest Review, Maryland Review, and Post Road, among other publications. My work has been short listed for the Richard Yates...
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