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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids went really well

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Last Monday, upstairs at the Victory Cafe, I hosted the very first Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids — an evening of childhood poems, schoolwork, and diary readings. I was really worried that nobody would show up, and that I’d have to read from my Grade 1 journal all alone, for an hour.

But that didn’t happen. The night was amazingly well-attended (standing room only on a Monday night), and everyone who read did a great job. readings were funny, and sad, and embarrassing, and wonderful.

And, the night caught the attention of some media-types. On Monday morning, Tori Allen talked about it on her What’s Goin’ On column. Then Gadzooks featured GRTTWAK in its latest episode. And today, Leah McLaren wrote about it in her Globe column.

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids was so much fun the first time, I’ve decided to do it again. I’ve booked the sequel for Monday, April 30, 2007 at 8:00 PM, upstairs at The Victory Cafe.

That means if you couldn’t make it to the first one, you have some time to track down that old diary or get your mom to send you that shoebox full of schoolwork.

I’ll post everything related to the reading series at http://www.danmisener.com/read/

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February 24th, 2007 at 7:10 am

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  1. Hey, don’t forget the shoutout in Phil Sullivan’s ex-Wikipedia-recognized blog. He’s sort of a media-type, in that he watches UFC pretty regularly, no?

    Tristan

    26 Feb 07 at 9:58 am

  2. Dude, I’m the FIRST guy to argue that bloggers aren’t journalists (though some journalists have blogs - not the same thing).

    That said: UFC this Saturday!

    I think we should all have Wikipedia entries - I mean, what’s that “public access” thing for if not ridiculous abuse by bored internet-savvy folks like us? We can even make up our own inaccuracies!

    I’m headed over there right now for my 15 minutes…

    The Thrill

    27 Feb 07 at 3:36 pm

  3. Dan,
    I think your idea is beautiful, and I’m jealous I’m not in there right now to watch it in action. Come spring I’ll be relocating to Toronto, and I hope this series will be waiting to greet me.

    Oh, and just for the record, I’ve always known you were a genius.
    Keep up the great ideas, Dan. The world needs more of them!

    Nicole Parker

    1 Mar 07 at 2:38 am

  4. Sounds like your dealy went over well. It also looks like I’ll be in Halifax in early May iffin’ you wanna do some more recording… hmmm? hmm? get a hold of me or something………..

    Craig

    1 Mar 07 at 1:42 pm

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