Thursday, January 26, 2012

Love, Min





While musing on relationships, Daniel quoted a Marianne Faithful lyric from Strange Weather:


And a love like ours, my dear,
Is best measured when it's down.
And I never buy umbrellas,
For there's always one around.








Last night, I happily attended the Barnes and Noble signing for Why We Broke Up. Turns out, Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman first met a while back at a celebratory dinner that took place at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. They shared a love of food and humor and despite living in separate cities (San Francisco, Manhattan) decided to collaborate on a project. Their first project was the picture book, 13 Words, followed by the young adult novel that portrays the doomed romance of high schoolers Min and Ed. A slideshow was followed by a brief quiz. The highest scorer of the quiz received an onion ring from Maira's personal collection.  Everyone received a red comb.




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