You Saw It First On Red Room

[Amy Tan's first blog entry EVER blows away one's concept of her as a wispy, ancient-Chinese-secret-spouting Earth mother. Turns out she's funny and cranky as anyone else.]

[I remember seating her a couple of times at the Friendly Neighborhood Cabaret, and she didn't seem all that ethereal then either; she just wanted to get her group seated, get cocktailed up, and watch Rita Moreno sprawl squawking on the piano in a yellow boa like a demented, Puerto Rican Big Bird.]

[Lesson? Authors are not their product.]

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[Later: Also recommended: newly added author Shaun D. Landry's hilarious encounter with dear Gavin Newsom. We really don't want dignity or gravitas from our elected officials any more, do we?]