The protest/read-in at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Building began this morning at 10. I ran down to check it out. So far, a small but determined group has assembled. A nice media presence was present reporting on the event. Tom Key, the king of Atlanta theater and head of The Theatrical Outfit, was reading aloud from To Kill a Mockingbird, The Moviegoer, and other works. That was cool enough on its own to warrant a crowd. The one misstep, and I’m quibbling, Tom Key said in his intro to The Moviegoer that if left to bloggers the book probably would not have received the recognition that it deserves. WTF? Everyone in the blogosphere totally blew it on The Road this year, right? Tom, it’s not an either/or scenario. ANYWAY, I had to dash back for a meeting. I’m going to go back out during lunch and see how its going. I’ll post more (and better) pictures this evening.

May 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 am
You have a job? I thought you lived in your parents’ basement in Terre Haute and blogged all day.
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Yes, I am a professional - at something. I’m not sure why Richard Ford hates the bloggers - after I defended his Lay of the Land at length, too. Outrageous.
See the ACTUAL Terre Haut basement here.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Damn bloggers, putting real, qualified arts critics out of work.
Isn’t it interesting that the AJC (the online edition anyway) isn’t giving any coverage to the protest going on outside it’s own headquarters? Can’t someone just hold a camera out a window and point down?
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
They’ve chosen to let bloggers tell the story. Oh BURN! Did you think I wasn’t going there? I’m there.
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I mentioned this at lunch today and asked if I could go. My boss hates books and reading and said no. I thanked him by e-mail for my lunch and again offered him a shot at going with me to the read-in. He replied, “Your welcome. What’s a book?” I told him a book might teach him the difference between “your” and “you’re.”
Wish I could be outside the AJC right now….
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
You are SO getting a promotion.