I just found out that I’ll be doing a TV bit on the WGN Midday News when I’m in Chicago (August 28–31)! Nervous! On top of that, Pantheon is chipping in for a "literary escort" to pick me up at the airport and drive me around, to the station and then on to my pals’ house in Evanston. Now that’s what I’m talking about! For the lowdown on literary escorts, read this engaging piece by Joe Queenan...