There is no better evidence of the fact that we Americans like to be put in our place than the popularity of Chelsea Handler. The comedian tears through the guests on her talk show Chelsea Lately, penalizing those who’d knee jerk-lump a beautiful blonde into the airhead category.
And hey masochists, she’s coming to Litquake on October 13.
It’s true, our little lit fest that could — which has exported the Valencia Street LitCrawl tradition to Austin and New York — is growing like the in-process Mission Bay skyscrapers. Only it doesn’t threaten to block our offices’ view of the Bay!
Lately (check out her SFBG interview from last year here, by the way) will be sitting down for a chat with LitQuake co-founder Jane Ganahl to discuss authordom, vodka, and male groupies. Perhaps Handler seems like an odd choice for the fest given scribeful line-up mates like Jeff Chang, Karen Russell, Jefferey Eugenides, and Deepak Chopra, but the facts remain: the woman runs the best-seller lists, balances writing with a thriving TV career, and recently scored her own publishing imprint from Hachette Books. This, anemic bloggers and thoughtful bards, is what one brand of successful writing looks like.
Can’t wait for the author talks and hawking of books? Our own City Editor Steven T. Jones will be pumping his Burning Man book at tomorrow (Wed/17)’s Litquake Epicenter event at Intersection 5M.
“Are You There Litquake? It’s Me, Chelsea”
October 13, 8 p.m., $40-45
Z Space
450 Florida, SF