Speaking of UC Press, you can now pre-order my next book, The Age of Huts (compleat), over the web. As you might imagine, I’m more than a little excited about this project, which is not only the first time that this entire project will have been in print in one place, but will also be the first time in 20 years that Ketjak will be available in its entirety in any form. Nor does it hurt that this is a press I’ve dreamed of having a book with ever since I was a student at UC Berkeley some 36 years ago. The book is scheduled to appear next April.

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One place I am not this weekend is in Los Angeles at the Impunities conference. Apparently there is (or was) some printed literature that suggests otherwise, although I can’t find my name anywhere on the website. In any event, they did invite me but I never said yes, because my plans for this week were to be in Belgium. Now because of a family issue, I’ve had to cancel that trip as well. In any case, I apologize to anyone who attends the conference because they expect to see me at the REDCAT. In general, tho, it’s a bad idea for arts organizations (or anyone else, for that matter) to advertise people who have not agreed to appear at your event.