Today is my 42nd birthday. Longtime readers will know what this means. It means it is also Christian Slater’s 42nd birthday. Christian Slater is my astrological twin.
I will let the video below — adapted from an Adult Education lecture of mine — speak to the topic, and lighten my load a little on this, Christian Slater’s special day.
The situation has not changed much since 2009. Mr. Slater has yet another TV show on death row, and a string of mediocre movies in the pipeline. I have an ebook-only short story collection out from a foreign publisher (Canadian, but still), and I need to churn out another book. Neither of us put any arrests on the board in the last year, so let’s call it a push.
PRAISE FOR
WHY THEY CRIED
"... demonstrates real insight into the way we live now."
–The Rumpus
"Reminiscent of George Saunders and James Thurber, Why They Cried is a great collection of modern tales."
–Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief and co-founder of One Story
"Jim Hanas has a remarkable talent for imagining and crafting uncanny little worlds that make me vaguely nervous. And yet I never want to leave."
–Rob Walker, co-founder of Significant Objects
"A tender and smart assembly of fiction about people trying to communicate—with each other, the world—and all the ways they fail. Fail better, fail beautifully."
–Fiona Maazel, author of Last Last Chance
Jim Hanas is the author of the short story collection Why They Cried (Joyland eBooks/ECW Press) and director of audience development at HarperCollins Publishers.
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