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Andrew Meyer, artists colony, Bergen Record, middle-class, Proof of my own existence, suburban life, WBGO
I am an author with a significant book out. The Bergen Record says so.
Say what you want, but Galant knows her subject matter. A former New York Times reporter and columnist, she co-owns a blog of hyper-local Jersey news called Baristanet, which reports on interesting slices of modern suburban life in and around our parts.
Say what you want? Also…
Though she grew up in northern Virginia, Galant is “an adopted Jerseyan, and proud of it.” She packs her novel with details about living the middle-class suburban life in the Garden State. Most of the novel was actually written at an artists colony in Virginia — “You get a year of work done in three weeks,” Galant claims — but based on almost clinical observations of the quotidian North Jersey scene.
Middle class? I might say upper middle class, although that’s probably just me being a snob. Almost clinical? Quotidian? Whatever. The point is that picture. Which is why I had Margot take a picture of me holding it up, hostage style.
And that grudging little smile on my face while holding the hostage picture? Was I just trying to be patient while Margot fussed with the iPhone camera, or am I acknowledging that there finally is an oasis in the parched media desert since March 4? Also today: A nice interview by Andrew Meyer over at WBGO.
Progress.
Author, Mogul, Mother, Wife 
Nice picture of you in what must be the lifestyle section. congratulations, debbie! you should let me scan the cover, put it into photoshop, and give you an andy warhol version of it in four different solarized color schemes. cool, right?
Do you have a scanner that big? Woohoo. I took a photograph that turned out okay, but I was going to ask you to Photoshop it because there’s a fold in the middle and the top is lighter than the bottom.
I started listening to WBGO when it happened to be the station my car CD player had to be on in order to play. Then one day I found Andrew Meyer and yes, Michael Bourne too, things haven’t been the same since… And neither of them were on today, so Debbie, I’ll have to blame you and your damn interview. I’ll be listening for it!