Scott Muskin, Writer

I’ve published a couple bits of writing lately, one a book review and the other also a review, though of New York City. I am pretty charitable to New York, whose minor characters I found truly riveting, though the plot  line is terrible. Check out the full piece on the wonderful Pajiba.com.

The other piece is in the Star Tribune, a review of Rafael Yglesias’s new novel A Happy Marriage. It was a very difficult piece of writing for me, because I realized if you are going to take a critical stance on someone’s book, good or bad, your own writing better be impeccable. Read my review here.

Welcome to another in my series of instructional videos taking you right to the shelf where my novel awaits. This time we go to the heart of Uptown Minneapolis: Magers and Quinn bookstore. Watch and enjoy, then come on down to Magers on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7 p.m. to see me and memoirist Nicole Johns in a reading being billed as “First Books from Unforgettable Voices.”

I’m excited by a new review, really my first national review in print. You can read it online here. Here’s my favorite part:

“Scott Muskin is a very smart writer; each page is packed with literary, cultural, and historical references. Cliches are stood on their heads, metaphors barely kept from bleeding into each other. While his approach isnt inviting, it is truly compelling.”

Also exciting: I’ll be reading with fellow U of M alum Nicole Johns at Magers and Quinn bookstore in Minneapolis on July 12 at 7:00. More to come on THAT, to be sure.

I don’t like wind. It makes Frisbees less enjoyable, it drops branches into my yard, and it sends the Baby Jogger off on unauthorized adventures. BUT I will embrace wind for all I’m worth when I head to Chicago next weekend to read at Barbara’s Bookstore on Halsted (the UIC Campus Store).

Come join me. Tell your friends and neighbors, whether they be windy or or just gassy.

May 22, 7:30 P.M. at Barbara’s Bookstore UIC.

p.s. From Barbara’s Twitter page about my book: ”Fantastic…Like a Midwestern Woody Allen.” I love it!

For upcoming readings in Omaha and Minneapolis, click here.

Another in a step-by-step video guide to finding my novel, this time in downtown Minneapolis at the fabulous CorAzoN art and gift store. Click through previous posts for more videos, and enjoy. Thanks for watching, and for visiting my site.