

She complimented me on a recent radio interview of mine. Five minutes later I ran into novelist Meg Wolitzer, who had just arrived for a speaking engagement at Tulane University.

Things are heavy,” he said, and I gave him my condolences, and then he was gone. He sadly motioned to the garment bag on his shoulder. At the airport I ran into a friend who was flying to his father’s funeral.

Ten days ago, I left New Orleans on a month-long tour for my sixth book, All Grown Up. Her sixth (and finest) novel, All Grown Up, is available now. Jami Attenberg will appear in conversation with Maria Semple on Thurs, March 23 at Elliott Bay Book Company.
