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New Excerpt Posted
We’ve posted a new excerpt. In this one, Don immortally insults his future daughter-in-law, and the gang passes through “two sucky places.”
April 21, 2010 at 12:07 am David Kassin Fried Leave a comment
Ups & Downs is a Foreword Book of the Year Award Finalist!
Today, Foreword Reviews announced the finalists for their annual Book of the Year Awards, and Ups & Downs by Don & David Kassin Fried made the list!
First, second, and third place winners in each category will be announced in New York City at Book Expo America on May 25th, along with two Editor’s Choice Prizes of $1,500 each. Ups & Downs is among 8 finalists in the Travel Essays category.
March 16, 2010 at 7:18 pm David Kassin Fried Leave a comment
New Excerpt Added
We know, it’s been a long time, but we have a new excerpt added. Spending the night in the base station of a ski lift was quite conducive to paranoia – especially with all the stories David had grown up hearing about the Swiss Ski Lift Police. Then, in the morning, we encountered the universe’s most ineffective alien takeover attempt.
Articles on Premieres of Don’s Plays
There were fantastic articles on the premieres of
Postville and Shakespeare Incorporated this past weekend: Friday in the Longmont Times Call and Sunday in the Boulder Camera.
Don’s Play “The Code” Live on Boulder TV
“The Code,” the first of the 5 short plays in Don’s Senior Moments, will be performed live on Boulder’s Channel 54 Community Television, Wednesday, January 27th, at 7 pm. After the play, they’ll be interviewing him. You can watch the program live at http://www.cctv54.org, or view it later from the archives.
Review of U&D in Courier Newspaper
The October issue of the Left Hand Valley Courier newspaper, serving Longmont and Niwot, Colorado, has a review of Ups & Downs.
Reviewer Donna Currie says, “The reader laughs with them, at them, and then laughs some more … How such a mismatched father-and-son team could make it through several countries on foot without one of them tumbling down a mountainside is a wonder. But make it they did, with some good stories to tell.”
Online Store through U&D Website
We’ve made some updates to our website. Okay, we made one update to our website, but it’s a major one.
Drumroll please: You can now buy Ups & Downs through our website! We’re still using Amazon.com to fill the orders (and you still need an Amazon.com login in order to buy it), but we’ve made things a little easier for anyone who wants to purchase the book.
August 28, 2009 at 4:22 pm David Kassin Fried Leave a comment
New Excerpts Posted
We’ve put two new excerpts up on the Excerpts page of the Ups & Downs website.
Here, we have our first experience with a “Massenlager” (which translates literally as “group camp” but more loosely as “Lay-em-down so their hips are touching”), Don gets infested with some kind of parasite that resembles the monster from the movie Alien, and David decides to spend the rest of his life as an Alpine monk.
Also, don’t forget to check out the Inner Views interview, now online.
August 19, 2009 at 7:04 pm David Kassin Fried Leave a comment
Inner Views Interview Online
Ups & Downs co-author David Kassin Fried appeared yesterday on Inner Views, the show that talks to ordinary people who’ve done extraordinary things.
Listen to the interview with David Kassin Fried.
August 13, 2009 at 5:28 pm David Kassin Fried Leave a comment
