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Austin American Statesman

Diana — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:32:40 +0000

We were recently all together at Diana’s place in Austin for Thanksgiving, and we did a reading at BookPeople where we bribed our audience with hot toddies.

You can read Amanda’s take on Thanksgiving here, and you can read Joe Gross’ take on how Diana is perceived in Austin here.

Austin Chronicle

Diana — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:06:40 +0000

From fisting to eating bugs – man, you can say anything in the Chronicle! Which is why Diana loved writing for them so much.

Click here to read the venerable alt weekly’s take on their former employee.

Glamour

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:54:10 +0000

Page 99 test

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:05 +0000

Ford Maddox Ford said, “Open a book to page 99 and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.”

Click here to see if he was right!

channel 19

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:38:17 +0000

Dan and Amanda were interviewed on the local Virginian news channel!

(Dan just moved from Brooklyn to Virginia, btw. He and his fiancee bought a farm only six miles from Amanda, who not-so-secretly thinks it was a strategic move so he could borrow her tractor)

Which reminds me of a funny story: First night at his new home, Dan called Amanda to ask where he could get some food.

“At the grocery store,” she replied.

“No, like where can I get something to eat?” Dan asked again.

“Seriously, Dan, you have to go to the grocery store,” Amanda told him. Like, duh. “You buy food and then you cook it.”

It was a moment of realization for us all: Since he was a teenager, Dan has never lived anywhere he couldn’t have food delivered to his door! I predict many a dinner of corndogs from the Amoco Food Shop. Good luck on the farm, bro!

Oh, I almost forgot. Click here to watch the video.

C-Ville

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:25:10 +0000

Amanda’s hometown newspaper reviewed our book!

Wethinks the reviewer doth not love John Hughes as much as we do. RIP, genius. (You should really click on that. It’s a great interview by the wonderful writer Rebecca Bengal.)

And click here to read Andrew Cedermark’s full review.

Suffolk Times

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:17:32 +0000

Liz gave a great interview to the Suffolk Times before her reading out on the North Fork of Long Island, where she and her husband have a home. It’s also where Liz and Diana concocted the proposal for this book one cold February by the sea.

Click here to read the article.

The Daily Texan

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:14:06 +0000

The University of Texas’ Student newspaper thinks our book is a “brutally honest portrayal of loss.”

Click here to read Kate Ergenbright’s full review.

Writers Reading on VF.com

Diana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:08:10 +0000

You can hear the Welches read an excerpt from the book here.

Good Morning America

Diana — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:01:57 +0000

How crazy is it that we were on Good Morning America? Pretty freaking crazy.

Also crazy is that Liz, Dan, and Amanda came to Austin, Texas to film the segment, because Diana was too pregnant to fly (that’s nine months pregnant, in case you were wondering). And they came in August, when it was 105 degrees. And Diana picked them up from the airport in a car with no air conditioning.

Anyway, despite all that sweat, producer Brian O’Keefe made a beautiful segment that would have definitely made our mother proud.

Click here to see what Morgan Fairchild had to say about her old pal, our mother, Ann Williams! (And also, you’ll get to see Liz cry. And meet Diana’s son, Harvey Moon!)