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September 9, 2010
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CALENDAR
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Sunday, 10-24-2010 at 02:00pm
I'm happy to be closing out Teen Read Week 2010 with a visit to the Metuchen Public Library in Metuchen, NJ. (Readers may recall that Metuchen is the setting of Be More Chill.)
I will be presenting my "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" program to teens and adults on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 2pm, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Books will be available at the event and will be signing at the event.
Thanks so much to YA Librarian Katherine Liss and the Teen Advisory Board for arranging this visit!
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Tuesday, 10-26-2010 at 07:00pm
I'm honored to be returning to Barnes & Noble Park Slope, where I ran the B&N Teen Writing Workshop for five years, to read from new work and sign copies of the film tie-in edition of It's Kind of a Funny Story. I will be joined by my friend Samantha Schutz, who will present her new book You Are Not Here. This even is open the public (this means you, Brooklyn) starting at 7pm on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
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Friday, 10-29-2010 at 10:00am
Thanks to Terri Burke and the Minuteman Regional Voc-Tech School District, I will be coming to Lexington, MA on Friday, October 29, 2010 to speak with students about my work and take questions on writing and mental health. More details TBA!
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Saturday, 11-20-2010 at 10:00am
I'm thrilled to be returning to Mental Health Community Centers, Inc. (MHCCI) in Sarasota, FL to deliver a keynote address on Saturday, November 20, 2010.
I will deliver a 45-minute keynote on creativity and mental health followed by a Q&A session. The trailer to Focus Features' upcoming It's Kind of a Funny Story film will be screened, after which I will attend a luncheon with 30 guests.
Copies of It's Kind of a Funny Story will be available at the event and of course I will be signing books. This event is open to the public!
Thanks so much to Bunny Coelingh for arranging this event. I have visited MHCCI before and found it to be a unique and wonderful place. I'm honored to return.
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Thursday, 02-17-2011 at 08:00am
Oak Lawn Community High School won high marks locally and regionally in IL for its Group Interpretation theater project based on It's Kind of a Funny Story in 2010. It's my privilege to visit the school on Thursday, February 17th, 2011.
Starting at 8am and continuing throughout the day on Thursday, I will provide my "FROM PERSONAL TO PUBLISHED" workshop to sessions of about 18 students per session. This program is about the skills and business of professional writing and has been featured at the Queens Public Library in New York.
Thank you so much to Ms. Buys and all the students that made this event possible.
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Things I am not on:
- Twitter: no account
- Myspace: yes account, but it is disabled/I don't check it
Things I am on:
    
there is also a FB reader group
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One reader suggested that I link pictures of Stuyvesant High School since I went there. Good idea.
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[updated 2-5-10: now see "Pants In the Mail" on YouTube!]
...In Teen Angst? Naaah..., I started a band called Wormwhole. People have emailed me asking for the Wormwhole demo, since in the book I said that first five people who contacted me about it would be allowed to buy it. Sadly, for years, Wormwhole was lost forever. We never really had a demo; we just had one tape that we recorded in my friend Ike's bedroom.
But then, one day, I was trying to make a mix tape on my stereo. I popped in an old tape to see if it was something I could tape over, and there was all this weird religious chanting music. Then, out of the blue, literally sent by divine intervention, was the Wormwhole tape! I don't know how it got into the middle of the tape, but my friend Marcus did a tape-to-mp3 and now, for free and forever, Wormwhole's two songs here. Above you're got "Pants In The Mail." "Lumber" is below.
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videos / Audio
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BE MORE CHILL [orb#1]
Be More Chill reader video project
(more reader projects: )
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"Love And Longing" at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2009
  From YouTube user chocochip16: "The brooklyn book festival took place at columbus park by brooklyn borough hall in NYC on Sunday September 13, 2009. At the festival there was a section for young adults. I attended and went to a author panel they had set up for younng adult readers. They had all day -long literary events scheduled for us teens and this video is one of the panels that includes three talented young adult writers, Aimee Friedman ( Sea Change), Anna Godbersen ( The luxe series), and Ned Vizzini ( Be more Chill). This panel's theme was Love and Longing, these author's novels revealed very different approaches to succeeding in love as they read and discuss their books.This panel discussion was amazing and i had a great time. I wanted to share with you all who are book lovers and enjoy reading young adult books like i do. Since some of you may not live in nyc and couldnt attend the event. I figured it would be great to show you a few clips that i took so you can enjoy and see some and hear from some great young adult writers. Hope you all enjoy!!!!"
(September 20, 2009)
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Attack of the Killer Turtle Attack of the Killer Turtle, as described in Teen Angst? Naaaah...! It was uncovered after years and is presented here in all its glory.
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Be More Chill Play
The theatrical adaptation of Be More Chill! Adapted by Bill Massolia, starring Jake Cohen as Jeremy and Edward Paul as the squip (seen in Keanu Reeves regalia). |
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Alexis
of VA
says: I was in the Barnes and Noble in Richmond, Virginia the day you came to sign books. However, I was there about four hours too early. There was a massive display of your work and I picked this book up and bought it. It looked like an interesting, funny book of things that had actually happened to you. I did want to read it in four hours and come back and ask you all kinds of questions, but that didn't work out too well. I love the book so far. I'm only about a third of the way done but it has made me laugh out loud more than a few times. I'm going to look forward to finishing it but at the same time, not. This book has me reading it every free time I have and I love your writing style. So this is a thank you and a praise all in one. Come back to the Richmond area soon if you can. Keep on truckin' too.
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Rowell
of RI
says: My favorite part of Be More Chill, is when Mr. Reyes speaks in his falsetto voice "Maaaaaa!", when I try to imagine it, I can't help laughing. This is my favorite book. No Doubt. Im going to try Jimmy Heere's squip moves on some of the ladies.. :) "Maaaa!"
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Violet
of NY
says: my favorite part of the book was... oh, let's see... THE WHOLE THING, aka my LIFE! I live in Park Slope, took the Stuy Test, attend Pure Energy Martial Arts (Tessa Gordon's still there), and have done numerous other things that you describe in Teen Angst?Naah...
Never have i identified more with a boook than with this one. I read books for escape, but it's like escaping right back into... you guessed it, My Life!
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Kathleen
of United Kingdom
says: I didnt have a favorite part of this book, it was all amazing, i know that I am going to read this book over and over.
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Matthew
of New Zealand
says: My favourite aspect of both Be More Chill and Teen Angst? Naaah is that the parents (particularly the dads) are portrayed as decent people who are even funny and understanding, rather than as the hysterical losers/ screw up parents that are so ubiquitous in books aimed at young adults.
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READER ARTWORK
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by Maddie Smith
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by Holly
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by Billy Galant
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by farewell_dear
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by Andrew Geronimo
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by Alex
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by Christa Yeung
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by Ross Kahn
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by Julia
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© Ned Vizzini 2000-2010
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