Remember Patriot's Day at the Dowdell Library...Tuesday, Sept. 10...

20 Aug 2013

Anyone who's been following me over on FB, or the blue site probably knows by now that I have an upcoming "Meet the Author" event scheduled for Tuesday, September 10 at the Sadie Hope Dowdell Library here in lovely South Amboy, NJ...

Looks like they now have an announcement on the site...

Remembering Patriot’s Day – Meet Author Alan W. Jankowski!
http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=9763&EventID=179960

And here's the link to the Facebook event, if anyone's interested...

Dowdell Library Event - Remembering Patriot's Day
https://www.facebook.com/events/153920651478354/

It doesn't say anything about open bar, so I have to assume it's strictly BYOB...it does mention door prizes though...someone over on FB commented that they must be giving away a door...well, not quite sure that's what they mean...

Note the line "Additionally, he will give tips for people interested in writing."...jeez, these people are so screwed...

Anyway, if you're in the area, it would be nice to see some Lushkins there...I just have to figure out what time it actually starts, as neither of those posts seem to say...but, I would have to guess early evening, like 6:00 or so...

I just sent library director Elaine Gaber an e-mail...little details like that would be nice to know... dontknow

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8 Sep 2013

Alright, made the little local papers in the area...the paper I had an article in last year...

Suburban
http://sub.gmnews.com/news/2013-08-29/Bulletin_Board/Poet_to_read_tribute_to_911_attacks.html

And the sister paper serving East Brunswick and surrounding areas...

Sentinel
http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-08-29/Bulletin_Board/Poet_to_read_tribute_to_911_attacks_Sept_10.html

And the prestigious South Amboy Times...actually, I don't think I even knew there was a South Amboy Times until my name came up in a Google search...but yeah, there is...I'm on page 12 btw...

South Amboy Times
http://www.thesatimes.com/SATaug13FINALsmall.pdf

And now New Jersey Monthly...

New Jersey Monthly
http://njmonthly.com/events/28341.html

And the Amboy Guardian got my middle initial wrong...but, the rest looks decent...

Amboy Guardian - Summer Winners at Dowdell Library
http://www.amboyguardian.com/2013/09/06/summer-winners-at-dowdell-library/

Alright, we now have flyers for the event...and these look pretty cool posted around the library btw... happy8

Dowdell.org - Flyer
http://dowdell.org/flyers/Alan%20W.pdf

Just had a video interview with the Eva Abreu, a columnist for MyCentralJersey.com, about my upcoming event...it concentrated mostly on the 9/11 poem btw...

Believe it or not, I actually mentioned Lush Stories...to find out how that worked in, you'll have to watch it...should post on the internet later btw... happy8

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11 Sep 2013

Here is a video interview done the afternoon of September 8, 2013...about 3:00PM in front of City Hall here in South Amboy, and released two days later...the interview is a bit more somber than I would have preferred...we stopped in the police station to let them know what we were doing in front of City Hall, and the officer on duty told a story about how he was alive only because of a shift change a few days before 9/11...everyone he worked with on his old shift died in the towers...well, you know...things got off to a solemn start...

Eva Abreu is Social Media Editor for The Courier News, Home News Tribune, and The Daily Record...she thinks other press people may try to contact me after this...that remains to be seen...

Note also mention of Lush Stories...and check out the martini glass shirt...it is actually a Three Olives Vodka shirt... happy8

We Shall Never Forget (9-11 Tribute Poem)
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/videonetwork/2662770291001/We-Shall-Never-Forget-9-11-Tribute-Poem-

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11 Sep 2013

Here is a video interview done the afternoon of September 8, 2013...about 3:00PM in front of City Hall here in South Amboy, and released two days later...the interview is a bit more somber than I would have preferred...we stopped in the police station to let them know what we were doing in front of City Hall, and the officer on duty told a story about how he was alive only because of a shift change a few days before 9/11...everyone he worked with on his old shift died in the towers...well, you know...things got off to a solemn start...

Eva Abreu is Social Media Editor for The Courier News, Home News Tribune, and The Daily Record...she thinks other press people may try to contact me after this...that remains to be seen...

Note also mention of Lush Stories...and check out the martini glass shirt...it is actually a Three Olives Vodka shirt... happy8

We Shall Never Forget (9-11 Tribute Poem)
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/videonetwork/2662770291001/We-Shall-Never-Forget-9-11-Tribute-Poem-

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11 Sep 2013

I enjoyed the video, and I think you did great. Congratulations! You're a local celebrity, and I'm sure you're making a lot of folks proud.
Beautiful poem, and I think the error went unnoticed for a reason.

YES, I noticed your tee-shirt right away .... Perfect!

11 Sep 2013

Quote by AngelHeart01
I enjoyed the video, and I think you did great. Congratulations!

Lol...thanks...you can tell I'm totally nervous...try to count how many times I use the word "actually" in that interview btw...even I'm not usually that bad...

MyCentralJersey.com added my poem to the video today...I don't think it's the same link as above...

We Shall Never Forget (9-11 Tribute)
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130911/NJNEWS/130911002

On another related note...I'm guest blogger today on Lucy Pireel's blog, where I talk about everything you always wanted to know about my 9/11 poem, but were afraid to ask...you can see close ups of those documents I'm holding in the video...

How to Honour the Heroes or 9/11 by Alan Jankowski
http://lucypireel.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/how-to-honour-the-heroes-or-911-by-alan-jankowski/

Yeah, I'll be posting more pictures and video of the actual author event later...I did the same explanation to the audience I did in the video...well, sort of...note the unabashed enthusiasm on my face in this picture btw...

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12 Sep 2013

Here's some more photos from my first author event...this one is at the beginning, before it started...me talking to library director Elaine Gaber...

Apparently in deep thought here...either that, or I forgot what I was going to say...

Oh wait...maybe this is the deep thought picture...I made sure I wrote down anything I read btw...wouldn't want to accidentally read the same story or poem twice...

I have my hand out here...either for dramatic effect...or maybe I'm just pointing the way to the rest room or something...don't recall at the moment... dontknow

And finally...the first ever public reading of my 9/11 poem...by me anyway...is now up on YouTube...I think it's not quite as strong as I would have preferred, as there was a decision to move it to the end of the event, for the benefit of people who may have walked in late...I had originally intended to read it at the beginning, and I think my voice was giving out a bit after reading for more than an hour straight...but, how I intend it to be read, in my mind, comes across clearly...check it out my friends... happy8

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12 Sep 2013

That's quite a nice piece.
I especially love how you disclaim your talents.

Your a good man Mr DirtyMartini.

scooter.

12 Sep 2013

Quote by scooter
That's quite a nice piece.
I especially love how you disclaim your talents.

Your a good man Mr DirtyMartini.

scooter.

Hey Mr. Scooter...thanks for the kind words...I was very nervous, and to get an idea as to just how nervous I actually was, try to count how many times I use the word "actually" in that four minute interview video...it's actually a nervous habit I have, I'm actually not that bad actually in normal life...actually...ahem...

Anyway...here's a list of what I actually read during the reading, though the order got changed...as noted, I read the 9/11 poem last, instead of first, for instance...but, I did have a list I made shortly before show time...I tried not to plan this whole thing too far in advance...I figured the less scripted I made this whole thing, the less chance of me getting too nervous and screwing up...so, it was mostly "off the cuff" so to speak...

1. We Shall Never Forget (9-11 Tribute)
2. The Facebook Poem
3. Happiness And Purpose
4. The Birthday Party
5. Under Darkness Of Night
6. Grandpa
7. Relatives
8. I Had A Dream
9. The Best You Ever Had
10. For Trayvon (May your death not be in vain)
11. Please Tell Me That You Can Stay
12. Steal This Poem
13. Sexual Healing
14. We Started As Friends

I started the actual reading about 6:35PM, and it ran up until about 7:35PM...so, over an hour of fairly continuous talking on my part...I prefaced everything with a bit of a story as to how each piece came about...

And a few of the above can be found on this fine site btw...like 9, 11, 13 and 14...just sayin'

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24 Sep 2013

A couple of more pictures turned up from this event...here's one with me and Elaine Gaber, director of the library...and she's holding my book...what impeccable taste that gal has...

Here's another one that turned up recently...notice that they put me in a corner in the kid's room btw...note that scary looking stuffed thing lurking above my head...enough to give a guy nightmares... happy8

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