Jonathan Safran Foer is one of my favorite authors of all time. I read Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close in high school and they immediately became two of my most-loved books. When I was 16, I went to a reading/Q&A/book signing of his in Manhattan and was blown away by how insightful and gracious he was, as an author and human being. I wanted to wait to read Eating Animals because I was afraid that reading it would convince me to become a vegetarian, and it was a decision I wanted to make on my own. I've read the first few pages and it's not a guilt-fueled pro-veggie diatribe (thank god), but JSF's writing carries a lot of weight with me. I've been a vegetarian for a year now and I am so excited to finally read this!
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| Sarah endangering Jonathan Safran Foer. |
And for fun, attached is a photo of me at 16 (more than 5 years ago) positively out of my mind with happiness meeting JSF. The staff at the bookstore told me I couldn't take a picture with him, but he heard me at the front of the line pleading with one of the employees and asked what the problem was. He told them they were being ridiculous and of course we could take a photo, that I should come around behind the desk. The employee said that wasn't allowed, for his safety, and he was like, are you crazy? You think this little girl is putting me in danger? Fine, we'll just lean over the table and make it work. I was completely gushing over his books and he signed them with such appreciative, heartfelt notes. They're my most prized physical possessions now.
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