A Dust Jacket Signing for an unpublished novel titled “Selma,” in which Selma Avenue- the backdoor of Hollywood and its infamous Boulevard- is a character. The event reflected on the disappearance of independent booksellers on the Boulevard.





Excerpt:

March 17, 2007
Selma Avenue, Hollywood, California

She wasn’t going to be here like this, in this Spotlight
Bar her from me, Oh yeah, It’s good like that, but
It’s going to cost twenty-three with tax, just right
now, Hey, We should have packed it like this, bud

Yes, mame, next street, the same, Which one?
No, not til 5:30, not til making it back can we admit
that when you’re inspired you gotta find the good
The Piano Bar where you can avoid fighting a fit

The YMCA is where she went, well, that’s what
They say when she asks, Can I speak to E3?
Because what’s up, What up man is another thing
To go to Selma Ave School 6611 for training

Or the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, which
Next to the Holly Toolley I can refer you if you need
And then before you know it you don’t, I can tell you
“You know it,” you’ll say, but fuck you, you, please,

Another signing in Hollywood, for a book about Hollywood, the same week!