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Rob from New York City is reading at a fast enough pace it would be cumbersome to update this May 18, 2012 - 9:28am

I feel like it'll end up being an annual thing. I hope so. That's if we get enough people to turn out; I got all excited and locked up the bar we're going to and all of a sudden everyone clammed up. 

Anyone planning on attending this shindig? 

Anyone traveling from out of town? 

I'm trying to figure out how good of a host I need to be, on a scale of 1 to 10. 

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JonGingerich from New York City is reading Tenth of December by George Saunders. May 18, 2012 - 9:34am

Hey all,

I'll be there. See you on the 5th.

Jon

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XyZy from New York City is reading Seveneves and Animal Money May 18, 2012 - 10:51am

I will be there, and I'll see about collaging some sort of Chestermate{Patent Pending} cut-out that we can put a santa hat on, and force feed liquor to, and take compromising photos of: involving a donkey and the loser of a mariel hemingway look-alike contest... in honor of our missing compatriot.

 

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books May 18, 2012 - 12:28pm

As previously stated, I'm there, not square.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz May 19, 2012 - 9:29pm

Thanks Josh, now all of us non-attendees are square. Wait, square. Like little pieces of paper with designs on them.

That would be a great party favor. The LR logo on hits of acid.

Clint, please do! And put a camera on it and a teletubbie screen for the abs so I can interact.

Oh, and make sure to trademark everything. Even the drinks you drink and chix you bang.

rhopane™

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Americantypo from Philadelphia is reading The Bone Clocks May 20, 2012 - 4:45pm

Depending on my work schedule, money, and finding a place to stay, I will probably be there!

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Laramore Black from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8 May 22, 2012 - 6:09am

I can say that I am free to go, but have no way to swing this in all likelihood. Haha.

I'm becoming convinced no world exists on the outside of my door.

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Kirk from Pingree Grove, IL is reading The Book Of The New Sun May 22, 2012 - 8:08am

Unless something huge changes, I'm there. Looking forward to flying in. And Rob, as I said before, you only need to be a good-enough host to make sure that I get a killer pastrami sammich. And even then, you can just tell me where I should go!

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books May 22, 2012 - 8:15am

Katz's Deli. Boosh.

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Rob from New York City is reading at a fast enough pace it would be cumbersome to update this May 22, 2012 - 12:58pm

We should all go to Katz's. I haven't been there in forever. I need good pastrami in my life. 

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books May 22, 2012 - 1:18pm

I'm in. Also, not far from where I work.

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Grigori Black from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda Gowin May 22, 2012 - 10:43pm

Damn, I can't make July. But it looks like I'll be in NY on a semi-permanent basis at the end of the year.

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Joshua Chaplinsky from New York is reading Library Books May 24, 2012 - 6:33am

I know it's redundant, but all ya'll need to check in on the news post so Rob can get an official tally.

http://litreactor.com/news/mark-your-calendar-litreactors-first-meetup-s...

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Rob from New York City is reading at a fast enough pace it would be cumbersome to update this May 24, 2012 - 7:35am

Yea, I don't really expect to be able to come up with a hard and fast number, but I'd like to be able to give a rough estimate to the guy who runs the bar. 

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War May 24, 2012 - 7:20pm

I should be able to be there, just a hop skip and a jump. :-) For your tally mark me present.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) May 25, 2012 - 8:59am

Mark me down as well...looking forward to it!

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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel May 28, 2012 - 8:55am

July 5th @ 6:30 PM at that bar. I think I can swing that so long as school doesn't require my presence for no apparent reason. That and I don't get sucked into another summer love.

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Covewriter from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & Sons May 31, 2012 - 8:18pm

Dang. I'll be in NY the week before the July 4th weekend.

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FoxyLenz from Shangri -L.I is reading Mists of Avalon June 18, 2012 - 8:23pm

I live too close to not show...so I'm down

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forgotmypseudo from Connecticut is reading Tea Leaves July 3, 2012 - 12:35pm

@ChesterPane, I am going.  Believe it or not!! Shit. I even started writing this week so I wouldn't feel like poseur extraordinaire when I show up!!  I got some splainin' to do to a you and Liana and a few others.  Also now that I remembered I was Kaetea around these parts, I gotta see if I can get that back.  Maybe one day this year, I'll have an income again and get my arse back out to Portland.  :)

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres July 4, 2012 - 9:58pm

New York's alright...if you like saxophones.

After I get my wings (?) I hope to do this meet-up next year, or sooner but in the future, depending on how often this happens.  I'm having a blast here, and I only just started.

I hope there's some official write-ups of how this goes.  Have fun everyone!

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Liana from Romania and Texas is reading Naked Lunch July 9, 2012 - 10:27pm

Kristin! Have fun, don't need to explain. That's just life. Wish I could go.