Litsa Dremousis's Blog: "Altitude Sickness" - Posts Tagged "altitude-sickness"

The Portland Mercury's Megan Burbank gives "Altitude Sickness" a rave review:

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portla...

I know better than to rise and fall with reviews, but "Altitude Sickness" is off to a fantastic start and I'm grateful.

...being an attorney. I dropped out of law school to be a writer. I still have no regrets.

Doubling back to the solipsism, this is a blog about "Altitude Sickness" so, obviously, I'll be writing mostly about my book. Though I usually write about a vast range of subjects. (See my bio.)

Here's a review of "Altitude Sickness" by one of my favorite writers, who happens to be one of my closest friends, Jade Walker.

Jade is the Overnight Editor at Huffington Post and has held that position at the New York Time and at the Associated Press.

She was also on her honeymoon when Neal's body was found, and she still managed to get her flowers here before anyone's.

So, she has a particularly unique view on "Altitude Sickness"and its surrounding events:

http://www.jadewalker.com/?p=1335

I won't name him or her, but I'm thinking about this person's loved ones. Platitudes can't resurrect someone. For the rest of their lives, they'll live w/out their loved one, whose death was wholly preventable.

Same story; different day.

Matthew Simmons recently interviewed me for the lit journal Hobart about how you build around the new giant hole in your life. Also, how you write about it:

http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_feature...

..."Altitude Sickness"; my publisher, the Instant Future division of Future Tense Books; my amazing editor Matthew Simmons; and yours truly.

Excerpt:

"The book is a howl of pain, a bellow of grief, and a funny-sad Irish funeral for a lover and friend, combining deep wisdom about mortality with an almost naive sensibility."

The entire piece by The Stranger's Paul Constant:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arch...