Tomorrow night I’ll be reading alongside Joshua Cohen and Melissa Broder at the Candlestick Reading Series at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn. I’m about 300 pages into Cohen’s book WITZ and love just about anything Broder says or does, so it’s pretty fair to say that I’m psyched about this.
Funny Stuff: Jews Hate Witz, Blake Butler Hates Self-Employment Taxes
After reading the NY Observer piece about Joshua Cohen and his forthcoming novel, Witz, I wrote a blurb about it for Jewcy. I’ve learned that there is something about writing a book about the last Jew on earth that really irks people: Also there’s this:
Joshua Cohen and Fruity Pebbles
Joshua Cohen (a Jew) gives away the secret to making money off the Jews. OA: Have you thought of any potential criticism or anger from the Jewish community? JC: I hope for anger. It’s not like Jewish anger means anything but better sales.