So the Training Camp signing wasn’t quite the rousing success I’d anticipated, in that I sold one book and signed one during a three hour stretch, some portions of which were fairly depressing, as people blew past me the way a city dweller brushes off a homeless person, as if I didn’t exist at all. [...]

From the time I was about eight years old until I was 18, my morning routine was the same: eat a bowl of sugary cereal (or, if I was stuck with Cheerios, add heaping mounds of sugar to it, so that there was a viscous sludge of sugar at the bottom of the bowl when [...]

For both those who’d like a few more brief samples of the book and those who just need to hear my voice to get through the day, here are a few .mp3 files of me reading excerpts from Bury Me in My Jersey
Download them, collect them, forward to friends, listen to them in your car, [...]

Eagles beat writer Les Bowen wrote a nice post about Bury Me in My Jersey on his Eagletarian blog on Philly.com. I think it went okay, because it took until the 4th comment before someone called me white trash. A nice reminder that in the future, I’m probably better off not reading the comments [...]

One of the strange things about writing a memoir is learning about the way your memory works: what gaps are there in your memory, what unexpected details do you suddenly remember with amazing clarity, how does one thought trigger another one, and how does the act of writing it out make you remember things you [...]

One thing I’ve been fighting since the sale of this book is the perception that BURY ME IN MY JERSEY is “just a football book.” Besides the fact that that description is inaccurate, there’s also a serious stigma attached to books that are considered to be “just” sports books– people think they’re poorly written, [...]

Last week, I cancelled classes and left town to attend my first ever AWP Conference, motivated mainly by morbid curiosity, but also to meet up with some old friends and to dive head first into the stagnant pool of shameless self-promotion. Click through for a quick photograph recap of my trip to Denver.

Check the events page for more info on signings scheduled in Center City Philadelphia and West Chester, PA.
Later today, I’ll post a quick recap of the reading in Denver, which went mostly okay, except for the dance music that blared through the room and could not be turned down.

All titles were actually seriously considered for at least 15 minutes.
This Fan’s Life — a little too Tobias Wolff
 
Fallen Eagle — a little too Native American
 
The Education of an Eagles Fan or The Education of a Football Fan — both suggested by Lee Klein, I think in reference to this book, although I’m [...]

1. People who love the Philadelphia Eagles
2. People who hate the Philaelphia Eagles
3.  People from Philadelphia
4.  People who want to read a book that’s been compared (in a good way) to Moby Dick
5.  People who derive  pleasure from supporting young artists
6.  People who know me and want to see how they’re portrayed in the book [...]