Monthly Archives: December 2009

I’ve been asked dozens of times whether the companies I worked for during the book knew my real agenda. I usually laugh and say, “Of course not.” No employer–or at least none of the employers in the industries I was … Continue reading →

Another round of photos from each job location: Making Friends with Traffic Of all the threats to cyclists on the road, I found New York City buses to be surprisingly safe. Sure, they are big, and that bigness takes a … Continue reading →

I came across an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday about a Paraguayan who had lobbied for a job in the consulate office of New York. The individual, Augusto Noguera, seemed to lead a model immigrant life: he … Continue reading →

I found out yesterday that Publisher’s Weekly reviewed Working in the Shadows. Although this is my third book, the intensity of the feelings I suffer–and suffer is the perfect word–between the time I learn of a review and actually read … Continue reading →

One of my best friends in Alabama was a guy who I call Kyle (all the names or workers and supervisors in the book have been changed). I noticed early on that Kyle really liked Mountain Dew. Each night when … Continue reading →

I have a very strange email relationship with a certain somebody in North Dakota. This person, who I’ll call Mr. Anti-Mex, is a family friend of some sort that I’ve never quite figured out (my dad’s side of the family … Continue reading →