May 25, 2006
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, 05-26-2006 at 05:00pm
Teen Writing Workshop at Barnes Noble
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Writing workshop for teenagers! Select Fridays monthly. Call for dates. Space is limited. Please RSVP at (718) 832-9074
267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 [site link] [google map]

Tuesday, 05-30-2006 at 01:00pm
Visiting Fort Hamilton HS
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As part of my continuing work with the Brooklyn Public Library, I am going to pay a visit to Fort Hamilton HS (HS 490) in Bay Ridge today. I'll be reading from Its Kind of a Funny Story, taking questions, and generally acting like myself.
8301 Shore Road BROOKLYN, NY 11209 [site link] [google map]

Tuesday, 06-27-2006 at 08:00pm
@ Bookslut Series in Chicago
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with Daniel Nester

details TK
None [site link] [google map]

Ned Vizzini | Official Site | Past & Present
MENTIONS
People
05-29-2006
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Great Reads

Teensreadtoo.com
05-14-2006
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Interview with Ned Vizzini

Cinematical
05-13-2006
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MTV Tells a Story [about the Paramount option for IKOAFS]

Park Slope Reader
05-01-2006
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Pick for my B&N; Event in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Village Voice
04-24-2006
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Voice Choices: Shortlist for April 19-25, 2006

Media Bistro
04-21-2006
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'More Writers Too Cute for Words' [yes, superficial, but I'll take what I can get]

Brave & Brass
04-20-2006
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It'll Come to Ya! [It's Kind of a Funny Story review]

Teen Vogue
04-18-2006
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People are Talking About...

Richmond Times Dispatch
04-12-2006
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Author teaches teens stability

Stuyvesant Spectator
04-12-2006
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It's Simply an Amazing Story [from my high school's newspaper]

Stuyvesant Spectator
04-12-2006
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In Search for a Faster Zoloft

Publisher's Weekly
04-10-2006
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It's Kind of a Funny Story [starred review]

LA Times
04-09-2006
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'It's Kind of a Funny Story: A Novel' [review]

San Francisco Chronicle
04-09-2006
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The artist as a crazy New York teen

Lexington Herald-Leader
04-09-2006
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Thoughtful choices for young readers

New York Observer
04-03-2006
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Teen Draws a New Map In Warm, Tragicomic Novel

Horn Book
04-01-2006
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (review)

Conversations With Famous Writers
03-30-2006
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Ned Vizzini, It's Kind Of A Funny Story [interview]

Washington Post
03-26-2006
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Media Mix - A Quick Take on New Releases for Sunday, March 26, 2006

Gotham Magazine
03-17-2006
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Ned, call us!

School Library Journal
03-17-2006
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*VIZZINI, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story. 444p. Hyperion/Miramax. Apr. 2006. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-7868-5196-1.

Kildare Nationalist
03-14-2006
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talks about the Jealousy Anthology -- thanks, Liam!

Young Adult Writers
03-14-2006
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Interview with Ned Vizzini

New York Times
03-12-2006
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What's a Girl to Read?

Goshen Public Library
03-03-2006
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It's Kind of a Funny Story What We're Reading, by Jenni

Baker & Taylor
03-01-2006
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ad for It's Kind of a Funny Story in Baker & Taylor's Catalog

Kirkus Reviews
02-14-2006
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review of Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything [anthology I contributed to]

ProperNoun.net
02-03-2006
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It's Kind of a Funny Story Review

Fast Camel Express
02-01-2006
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Be More Chill Book of the Month

Hyperion's Catalog
02-01-2006
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A big ol' ad of It's Kind of a Funny Story next to a book called Fart Smeller--yay!

© Ned Vizzini 2000-2006
Other Writing








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T-New York (Club Profile)
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TOUGH LOVE: Review of 'Hard Candy'
TimesSquare.com
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04-19-2006
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04-18-2006
Tut's (Bar Profile)
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03-27-2006
Blackstone's (Bar Profile)
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The-Wick.com
03-17-2006
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02-01-2006
Review of The Brooklyn Follies
Bookslut
01-18-2006
EVIL EMPIRES
New York Press
01-18-2006
BROOKLYN'S SEX CHAMPS
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12-27-2005
Chop-Shop Mentality
New York Press
12-20-2005
The Meatman Cometh
New York Press
10-01-2005
Mobloggers Impressions
Ins & Outs (Long Island City)
09-06-2005
FAVORITE WORD: "luff"
Professor Barnhardt's Journal
08-02-2005
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Metaphilm
04-13-2004
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Mr Dow 1000: Nick Guarino Fights Wall Street (and the Law)
New York Press
06-03-2003
Giant Missile Penis in Union Square, NYC!
New York Press
04-01-2003
Smack My Pick-Up: Riding along with the car bashers.
New York Press
03-04-2003
Mindflake: An indie crackpot featured in an indie film.
New York Press
03-04-2003
Dying Trade: Digging with the booksellers.
New York Press
02-18-2003
Endorphins are a fairy tale. Running yields pain.
New York Press
02-04-2003
Q&A; with Everyone's Messiah
New York Press
01-07-2003
The Two Towers: WFUV vs. WFMU
New York Press
12-18-2002
Living Online Could Become a Virtual Trap
Newsday
12-17-2002
Prey by Michael Crichton [review]
New York Press
11-14-2002
Jackass Kicks Hollywood Back Where it Belongs
Newsday
09-17-2002
Michael Wants His Books Back
New York Press
09-17-2002
The Museum of Sex [w/Jessica Wakeman]
New York Press
09-03-2002
Queens of the Stone Age: Songs For the Deaf [review]
New York Press
05-22-2002
'Star Wars 2' Fits Right Into the Palm of Your Hand
Newsday
05-21-2002
A Summer Guide for the Well-Endowed Man [this is the one about me having a large penis]
New York Press
04-17-2002
Since When: 4-17-02 [bye-bye column, hello Be More Chill]
New York Press
04-10-2002
Since When: 4-10-02 [I was wrapping up the column at this point...]
New York Press
04-03-2002
Since When: 4-3-02 [Happy 21st B-Day to Me!]
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03-27-2002
Since When: Dante’s Inferno; Woman Does the Voice of Dog that Sings Like Cat; Free Biennial
New York Press
03-20-2002
Since When: Global Warming; Den of Cin’s Oscar Night; Matthew Feinman; Super Soul at Mercury
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03-13-2002
Since When: Quantum3’s Light Dance; 63OCPBMF Probes Oppenheimer; Wesley Willis’ Harmony Joyride; Mini-Blurbs
New York Press
03-06-2002
Since When: Swedes at CB's; Cui Jan at Joe’s Pub; Puny Human; the Whitney Sez "Chill"
New York Press
02-27-2002
Since When: Scissorfight; Franzese’s Bully Party; Stony Awards; More Shopping and Fucking
New York Press
02-20-2002
Since When: Kurt Cobain Turns 35; A Winter Semi-Formal; 13-Minute Quickie Therapy Sessions; Mini-Blurbs
New York Press
02-13-2002
Since When: Broad-Spectrum Valentine’s Tips
New York Press
02-06-2002
Since When: Mike Daisey Rips Amazon.com; Sights Top Strokes; Reid Paley/Spirit Caravan; Nuns & Cyborgs [PROBABLY MY FAVE COLUMN]
New York Press
01-30-2002
Since When: Two Thursday Parties; 90s Compilations Attack; 3rd Degree; Knitting Factory Turns 15
New York Press
01-23-2002
Since When: Japanese Animation Makes Another Run at the Mainstream; Girls Against Boys Makes Another Run at Indie Cred; Gravity Kills Makes Most Girls Run Away; Reactions Presents 9/11 Art; Charles "Hungry" Hardy Prepares to Eat Matzoh Balls
New York Press