Well, kinda. The writer Academy Awards, which is even cooler. Rilla was one of my first writing teachers. I got to take a college class for high school credit my senior year (because my mom worked at the college.)
Here are some of Rilla’s books:
www.rillaaskew.com
So, that was thirteen years ago…I didn’t even [...]
3 am at the Bodega, watch us get busted:
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Visiting NYC, one of my favorite places in the universe. I always stay with Emily when I come here. We are grown-ups, I know. She has a real, important job at the Guggenheim. She has interns. I teach college.
But, inevitably, we have to revert to high school behavior for at least one day. RE: Us [...]
The Hollyhood Starbucks is open daily from 5 am to 11 pm. And there are people who practically live there. I don’t know every Barista, but I know Omar. In fact, Omar is pretty unforgettable. Omar is young, and he’s got a complicated love life, and he’s hilarious. He tells long drawn out stories that [...]
Yeah, I’d love to tell you I only support small local coffee shops that recycle and make their brews with organically grown beans grown by poor native peoples…but that would be a lie. I frequent the Starbucks. In fact, I wrote my whole novel at Starbucks (buy my book, High Before Homeroom, Simon & Schuster, [...]
