Meet Who You Tweet: @jomaeder and @thebookUP

Posted: April 14th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Meet Who You Tweet | Tags: Bin 33, Jo Maeder, Silent Reading, The BookUP | 1 Comment »

Last night I had the divine pleasure of attending @theBookUP in Greensboro, upstairs at @Bin_33 hosted by local author @jomaeder.

Jo Maeder, author of When I Married My Mother and famed “NYC Rock and Roll Madame”, was inspired by The Reading Party in the Sorrento Hotel.

Admittedly it was an ambitious task to gather the litterati of the triad and ask them *not to make small talk.

Attendees included Stewart Pittman, author  of Viewfinder BLUES, Parke Puterbaugh, author of Phish: The Biography, Brian Clarey, author of The Anxious Hipster and Other Barflies I’ve Known as well as Bill Moore , co-author of Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound.

Small talk was made none the less – and Jo was ready with a generous supply of ear plugs for anyone who asked.

The youngest reader of the group? Well it was @minipoe – his parents @phineaspoe and @dizzibloom are proud to pass on their love of reading! http://ow.ly/i/akF8

It’s no surprise that so many showed with books in hand – there was a lot of local excitement over this seemingly strange but sexy concept and The BookUP was the media darling of the Triad for weeks leading up to the event.

Here is a picture of @JoMaeder and @fox8cindyfarmer of @MyFox8 chatting about @TheBookup at @Bin_33 – http://ow.ly/i/aess

@GoTriad “gets” @TheBookup.  – Book lovers welcome to sit and read : goTriad.com – Triad Arts and Entertainment http://bit.ly/dY2rTQ

Take a listen to Rod & Lora from @995WMAG on Al Green, grits, Comet and @TheBookup. http://jomaeder.tumblr.com/

Jo was especially honored to read words of encouragement for the Book UP from @DrMayaAngelou -

“It is easier for me to trust people who read than those who talk, and even those who talk about reading.  Writers need readers desperately and whether they know it or not, readers need writers desperately.

One hand washes the other.  The aspect of one hand trying to wash itself is pitiful. But, when the two get together, Ah! There’s a possibility of success.

I support The BOOKUP and let us all say, “Here’s to BOOKUP”!

Maya Angelou“

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With nearly 40 people in total gathering to share their love of books – we have gathered an impressive list of tomes from all who attended. If we missed your book please let us know in the comments!

 

 

• Love Wins by Rob Bell
• Man Ray’s Celebrity Portraits Photographs by Man Ray
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
  
• Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
• The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
• Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases by Jeff VanderMeer, Mark Roberts
• Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things by Madeleine L. Van Hecke
• Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleo Hosseini
• The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
• Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues by William R. Ferris
• Kill Zone by Jack Coughlin
• The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel by David Mitchell
• Elia Kazan: A Life by Elia Kazan
• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell
• Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
  
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
  
• There Was an Old Monster! by Rebecca Emberley
  
• The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
  
• Love Wins by Rob Bell
  
• Dread Empire’s Fall : The Praxis by Walter Jon Williams
  
• The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary by Joseph A. Mitchelli
  
• My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’Homme
  
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  
• Chasing the Night by Iris Johansen
  
• Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado
• Just Kids by Patti Smith
  
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
  
• Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David Sedaris
  
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
  
• Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings by Marquis De Sade
• Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky

 

What book are you currently reading?

What book from this list will you be purchasing next?

 

 

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