If i lived nearby, I'd be there for your talk. Will it be recorded? If not, why not? Let us know what happens. Arianne Laidlaw Sacramento On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Sunday, September 22, I'll be speaking about Dear Mark Twain: Letters = > from His Readers at Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena, Calif. My talk will = > begin shortly after 4:00 pm. Vroman's is located at 695 E. Colorado = > Boulevard, very near the well-known Pasadena Playhouse. For further = > information, see http://www.penusa.org/go-west-reading-series-2 > > It would be wonderful to see some of you there, but at the moment, I = > can't think of a single Forum member who lives near Pasadena. I live 50 = > miles from there myself. I didn't even want to drive to Pasadena to see = > Val Kilmer perform his "Citizen Twain" show. On the plus side, my show = > won't charge admission. > > Incidentally, I'd love to hear from people who have read Dear Mark = > Twain. The book has been out for nearly six months now, and I get the = > impression that it is misperceived as little more than a collection of = > frivolous fan letters. This, despite the fact that the first page of its = > introduction states, "This volume is not a collection of `fan mail,' but = > rather a broadly representative cross section of the wide range of = > opinions, feelings, and subjects expressed in all the letters Clemens = > received from readers." Oh, well ... I'm sure I'm not the first author = > who feels his books are misunderstood. > > Kent > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58