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Andrea Portes

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My Interests

Music:

Wilco, The White Stripes, MGMT,The Feeling, The Fratellis, Nuetral Milk Hotel, Pink Mochi, Infighter, Simeon Ross, Los Super Elegantes, Grandaddy, Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Missy Elliot, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes, The Postal Service, Radiohead, The Doves, Fischerspooner, Ladytron, Cut Copy, Beck, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Wiskey Biscuit, The Beta Band, The Shins...you know the drill.

Movies:

SEVEN BEAUTIES, STAR 80, THE TENANT, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, HAROLD & MAUDE, HAPPINESS, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, PATHS OF GLORY, WITHNAIL & I, SOLARIS, FULL METAL JACKET, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, BEING THERE, THE PARTY, NETWORK, DAY OF THE LOCUST, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, LOLITA, UNFORGIVEN, SHAME, THE SHINING, ROSEMARY'S BABY, THE CELEBRATION...

Television:

People watch television?

Books:

FAITHLESS, THE PAINTED BIRD, THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, LOLITA, BLONDE, WHITE NOISE, UNDERWORLD, THE BLUEST EYE, SULA, THE GREAT GATSBY, MOTHER NIGHT, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, JUDE THE OBSCURE, CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, AMERICAN PASTORAL. Here's something interesting: I just wrote a novel, called HICK, which is getting published May 2007. You could come to my book party, raise a glass and eat a fancy assortment of cheese and pate, whilst flirting up my girlfriends...or, me, for that matter. I am about to post the tour schedule...right after I defeat this insurmountable blinding wave of procrastination.

Heroes:

Religious fanatics, mirthless bohemians and anyone wearing a blue-tooth.

My Blog

The Groper

So, on one of my many book tour flights I was sat next to a guy who really, seriously, was probably the most nondescript person I have ever seen. I mean, I could not pick this guy out of a line-up of ...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

HICK

 LA TIMES BESTSELLERMAY BOOKSENSE PICKHICK by Andrea Portes"[A] knockout&[a] bold, brash, up-yours coming-of-age story rubbed raw with gritty sexual awakening."The San Diego Union-Tribune"In her...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:27:00 PST

Rancho Malcontento

Here is a little ditty I had to write for Powell's.com. Please to enjoy:____________________RANCHO MALCONTENTOby Andrea PortesIt just so happens that when I was finishing up HICK  and by "finishing u...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:04:00 PST

Um, so HICK is number 9 on the LA Times Bestseller List...

..>Hiya folks,So, thanks to many of you, HICK has made it to the LA Times Bestseller List!This is beyond beyond, as my publisher is small and not a GIANT MEDIA conglomerate.Please pretty please help m...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:49:00 PST

It's possible that I may be a vampire.

Here are the symptoms:1) I have fangs. Not fun, plastic fangs... No, no...actual fangs, attached to my skull, that I was born with, that have been filed down and filled in, in an effort to make me loo...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:07:00 PST

Horrible American Storms Moulin Rouge!

Unless you were off discovering the cure for cancer or googling yourself and masturbating furiously for the last five years, you may remember a little film called Moulin Rouge.I know you will be shock...
Posted by Andrea Portes on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:27:00 PST