steve's new novella

Today is Steve's 65th birthday (we're going to eat on the patio at The Wolf in Oakland, first time we've tried it) and Sunday we'll celebrate his birthday and his brand new novella CAPTAIN CHICANO DRAWS A LINE IN THE AMERICAN SAND at our favorite indie bookstore, Books on B in Hayward. Order on Amazon or from the University of Tampa Press. The launch party and reading at the bookstore is free but you need a ticket and it has already sold out! We haven't had a party this big for over ten years (when we had a DJ and catered barbecue and tons of people at our house for Steve's "almost 50" 49th birthday). Luckily the wonderful Renée Rettig at Books on B seems to have plans well in hand. The book dropped August 15 and his copies have arrived and they've arrived in the bookstore. So that's major.