Hey Gate (WaPost) Crashers

Just a quick note-- during the 9-10 hour (eastern) Markos and I will be talking with Jerry Springer on the Radio-- you can listen at Air America. Also, there's a audiocast of my being on Morning Edition with NPR yesterday, discussing CFR with Peter Overby-- one that all the "free internet" fans will appreciate. For the book events in the next few days, Markos is slated to be on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday. The official kick-off is Monday. We will do a book signing event at Politics and Prose bookstore on Connecticut Avenue 1-3. Then, with Simon Rosenberg moderating, we'll be doing a event at GW at 6 pm (which will be on PoliticsTV & C-Span books).

And then the long-tail Crashing the Gate tour kicks off on Monday. Markos will be at most every stop (and we have a bunch to add), while I am mostly going to have time to do the swings (Northwest & CA in April, South in early May, then the East coast). I'm looking forward to the stop at Powell's in Portland-- my old grad school digs. For the California trip, we plan on working up the coast for four days, from LA to SF, so if you have short stops (driving) along that coastal way, we'll try and work them in. We'll also travel with Matt Bai for a bit on the coast, and if there are other national writers (maybe Robert Greenwald wants to send along an intern to film a short doc?) that want to come along, let us know (we'll likely get a Van). We are also in the works of adding a more stops in the South in early May. For the east coast leg, we have a lot more cities to add, so if you are anywhere within 8 hours of DC, go at it with helping to organize a tour stop in May.

Judging by the (very fun) romp we had with the Kossacks in NYC the other night at Yaffa's, Markos will be buying a lot of beers for the Progressive Partners--bring your book!

Oh, btw, for the YearlyKos, I'll announce the panel I'm doing. It's a debate about the relevance of the South (for example, in Presidential elections) for the Democratic Party going forward. I will be moderating the forum, and have the authors from Foxes in the Henhouse (Steve Jarding, Dave 'Mudcat' Saunders), and Tom Schaller (of upcoming book, Whistling Past Dixie) will be along to provide differing opinion-- this ought to be lively.

Ok, maybe that wasn't so quick... no one ever accused a blogger of having writers cramp (x-posted on DD).