“I’m on no sleep, no food, fueled only by two bags of complimentary popcorn, Zyns, and my fanaticism for literary greatness, and as the second round of readers begins, things get real ascetic.”
I went in search of answers about the diminishing importance of The Great Writer. I found bad bagels, incredible stories, and a new appreciation for people who never make history.
Actors John Turturro, Matthew Broderick and Tony Shalhoub, plus a slew of appropriately edgy writers, will head up a 3-day literary festival for the hometown hero March 17-19