Interviewing?
For the last few years, my wife and I very much enjoyed your interviewing at BAM’s Eat, Drink, and Be Literary series. In fact, if we had to decide between writers appearing there to round out our annual choice of five programs, we would favor whomever you were interviewing. I was disappointed to see that you will no longer be participating there in 2011. Have you lost interest in interviewing, or had that particular gig just played itself out for you?
Harry Kaplan
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan,
Thank you for the kind note. It seems that BAM and the National Book Foundation have a policy of rotating interviewers out every two years, and I’ve had my two. I have to admit that I was disappointed myself, as I really love that audience, that venue, and that occasion. It seemed to me I got better and better at the job and enjoyed it more and more, but I guess policy is policy–unless there is an UPRISING OF THE MASSES demanding that I be returned to the podium.
In the meantime, I’ll be content with this wonderful compliment–it is very kind of you to have written.
My best,
Dan Menaker
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