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jami

Instant Love

About Me

Brooklyn writer. Author of the art world coma drug Williamsburg sex novel The Kept Man (Riverhead Books, 12/27/07) and the dirty and dark short story collection Instant Love .
THE KEPT MAN PRAISE "Written in relaxed yet fresh prose, Attenberg's debut is unabashedly emotional, refreshingly devoid of New York City cynicism, and tenderly funny."
-- People"Told with wit and verve...The Kept Man is a challenge to apathy-it's a novel about remaining constructive in the face of personal change."
-- Interview
"Attenberg knows how to tell a story that's both socially relevant and a fun read."
-Venuszine
"Attenberg gets gallery-land down cold; she also writes of longing and mourning with extraordinary heart...A likable novel marked by a profundity of feeling."
-- Kirkus ReviewsWatch a short film inspired by the book here:
The Kept Man Book Trailer
I write (almost) daily at whatever-whenever.net .
I post pictures a lot over on Flickr .
You can find out more about me at jamiattenberg.com .
I've got some tour dates coming up on behalf of my new book The Kept Man :
February 7 - Providence, RI
Symposium Books , 6 PM
February 10 - New York, NY
KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction , 7 PM
February 27 - Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Book Court , 7 PM

My Interests

driving cross country, taking pictures, reading, writing, zines, comic books, biking, dirty stories, cheese, wine, bread, cowboy boots, indie rock, and the neverending quest for a decent haircut.

I'd like to meet:

Gentle souls with big mouths.

Music:

sleater-kinney, oneida, oakley hall, spoon, the shins, rilo kiley, silkworm, the hold steady.

Movies:

fargo, spellbound, rear window.

Television:

the sopranos, 30 rock, the office, project runway, top chef, oh let's face it all reality shows everywhere, anytime.

Books:

mary gaitskill, paul auster, haruki murakami, wendy mcclure, lisa carver, marcy demansky, steven dixon, dan clowes, julie doucet, elizabeth crane, emily flake, janice erlbaum, neal pollack, martha sherrill, lisa glatt, tayari jones, pauls toutonghi, ellen forney, mike albo.

My Blog

Evil Landlords and Saying Goodbye

Well, I'm out. Out of the apartment, out of energy, out of my mind. Pick one - or all!Jon came over this morning with me to help me get out the rest of the stuff. Like an idiot I forgot to move som...
Posted by jami on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:58:00 PST

Politicians and Leases and Barbecue

Today I went to my apartment building to try to pack up some of my stuff. Tomorrow the movers come. I found an apartment! But more on that in a bit.I ran into some people from my building who told me...
Posted by jami on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:26:00 PST

Worst.

So when I got back from the west coast leg of my book tour for The Kept Man the other night, I had a nasty surprise waiting for me. I had been evicted.Not just me, but hundreds of other people who l...
Posted by jami on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:59:00 PST

Crazy Mannequins, and My Love Affair with OTC Cold Remedies

I had one day to rest in Seattle on my book tour for The Kept Man before another reading at Elliott Bay Books (Tonight! Come!) so I decided to take on downtown. Seattle has been mostly paved over by c...
Posted by jami on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:42:00 PST

Tour exhaustion, Im getting used to it by now

It's 7 AM in LA and I'm still wired from yesterday's readings so I'm up early. Another night, another new bed. And It's hard to sleep when you see so many old friends and meet so many new people, al...
Posted by jami on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:13:00 PST

More Bookstores, Metro Cards, and Balloons

I hit the last of the bookstores yesterday: Crawford Doyle (which is kind of the cutest bookstore ever) on 81st and Madison, Posnan's in Grand Central Station, Penn Books (I think that's what it's cal...
Posted by jami on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:03:00 PST

City Walk, Ladies Brunch, and Some Good Press

Yesterday I did another four mile walk and hit a few bookstores, this time starting in lower Manhattan and making my way to the East Village. It was not as focused a walk as the one I wrote about for ...
Posted by jami on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:37:00 PST

CRAZY Huckabee and Tour

Did anyone watch Huckabee's speech last night and see Chuck Norris looming ominously in the background? Whoa. I think he is going to kill us all if we do not vote for Huckabee. Him, or Jesus. Anyway...
Posted by jami on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:56:00 PST

Boston, HuffPo, and More

Last week I walked four miles through Manhanttan signing books and then I wrote about it for HuffPo: An Author Signature. It's a sweet little piece, I think.And also I just found out that Ryan Walsh...
Posted by jami on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:46:00 PST

Secret Videos, TONY, and Farewell Whitney

There is much to report over here. First of all, Jonny secretly made a video for the book and posted it to You Tube and I just found it today and oh my god is it awesome. Watch No Use Crying. ...
Posted by jami on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:49:00 PST