When I got my invite to the book party for Mickey Rapkin‘s Pitch Perfect, a journalistic account of the competitive world of college a cappella, I hit upon what I thought was a great idea—I’d invite Kate Torgovnick (near right), who’d just published Cheer!, a similar book about college cheerleading, and introduce the two writers to each other. As it turned out, they were already friends, which made it much easier to get a picture of them together, after we’d been treated to a mini-concert by the NYU a cappella group N’harmonics (top), including their versions of “Seven” and “Somethng to Talk About.”
I also brought along memoirists Julie Klausner and Rachel Shukert, fresh off the opening night for their new comedy show, Wasp Cove. And that’s how Klausner, who had just sold her book to Gotham Books, met associate publicity director Rachel Ekstrom, who’s already looking forward to the possibility of working on I Don’t CARE About Your Band when it’s published next year…
(Shukert, by the way, can be seen Tuesday night at KGB Bar, along with fellow Nerve contributor Arianne Cohen—whose The Tall Book ought to be coming out soon, IIRC—and the website’s editor, Will Doig.)