Rakesh Satyal

i'm doing a GLEE cabaret!

2010-01-10T08:55:00.000-08:00

come out to my first cabaret show in over a year! January 20, 7:30 pm, Don't Tell Mama on 46th bet 8th and 9th Avenues. to make reservations, call (212) 757-0788 or go here: http://tiny.cc/VCSdA

it's gonna be slushy-tastic!

Exciting New Book Reading Videos

2009-10-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

For all who were not able to attend, here is the impromptu performance of "Billie Jean" that I did at the Happy Ending Reading Series at the Brooklyn Book Festival on 9/13. Jonathan Ames, David Cross, and I all had to perform one public risk onstage, and mine was to recreate in dance one of Michael Jackson's most famous performances of all time. I told a story, read a bit, and then prepared to dance (at about the 6:00 mark). However, when the CD failed to work, the best audience ever and I did what we had to do. Yes, the song is too high for me; yes, I sure know how to garble some lyrics; and yes, I sing much better in my cabaret shows (god, I hope so); but something out of the ordinary sure happened that fateful afternoon in Brooklyn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=janQ_oyNl7c

(Thank you to Adam Rathe and Nicole Brydson for taping and uploading.)

Also, for all you LITTLE MERMAID fans out there, here's footage of my best Ariel impersonation at the Slipper Room in May:

http://www.viddler.com/explore/regal_literary/videos/42

(Thank you to Markus Hoffman for taping and uploading.)

If you are entertained, please forward on to others!

RIP, MJ, and long live Ariel.

Rakesh

A lovely interview by Nate Brown for THE L MAGAZINE

2009-09-01T20:49:00.001-07:00

thanks to nate brown and THE L MAGAZINE for this great interview!

http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/our-parents-capacity-for-understanding-is-actually-much-bigger-than-we-might-think-at-first/Content?oid=1244527

reading this tuesday, 8/11, at the joseph-beth in cincinnati!

2009-08-08T12:21:00.000-07:00

i am very much looking forward to a reading in my hometown! it will be at 7 pm at the joseph-beth booksellers in rookwood commons. hope to see you all there!

for directions, click here: http://cincinnati.citysearch.com/profile/11346485/cincinnati_oh/joseph_beth_booksellers.html

Buy BLUE BOY via the amazing IndieBound!

2009-05-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

Shop Indie Bookstores

More and more these days, I love independent bookstores for their commitment to authors, to books, and to the overall community of reading. That is why IndieBound is such an incredible organization; it culls together the best and brightest of the independent bookselling community and champions a love of reading and supporting authors through and through. When you pick up a copy of BLUE BOY from your independent bookseller, you truly make the book a part of your hometown. And Kiran would LOVE that! Just as much as he would LOVE IndieBound.

BLUE BOY on PAGE SIX!

2009-05-06T09:20:00.000-07:00

thanks so much to PAGE SIX for a mention of BLUE BOY today!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05062009/gossip/pagesix/sightings_167860.htm

San Francisco and Minneapolis Readings This Week!

2009-05-03T15:15:00.000-07:00

for all of you residents of san francisco and minneapolis, please come see me read this week!

weds, may 6 -- 6 pm at book passage in the ferry building

fri, may 8 -- 730 pm at magers and quinn

would love to meet readers in person!

BLUE BOY is officially on sale!

2009-04-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

BLUE BOY is now officially on sale at all major booksellers and online! pick up your copy today!

wonderful MODERN TONIC review

2009-04-24T11:14:00.001-07:00

thank you to MODERN TONIC for giving BLUE BOY a really wonderful review in their April 24th edition: http://www.moderntonic.com/entry/show/446

OK! MAGAZINE

2009-04-24T11:13:00.001-07:00

thanks so much to OK! MAGAZINE for giving BLUE BOY 4.5 out of 5 stars in the May 4th issue!

video of a BLUE BOY reading on MTV!

2009-04-14T08:07:00.001-07:00

thanks, again, to MTV Iggy for posting a short video of me reading from BLUE BOY!

http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/quicky-rakesh-satyal-blue-boy

interview with MTV Iggy

2009-04-08T06:47:00.001-07:00

thanks to the cool folks at MTV Iggy, MTV's awesome site for all things asian and asian-influenced, for conducting this interview with me!

http://weareiggy.com/thoughts/?p=1152

featured in OUT MAGAZINE spread in march 2009 issue!

2009-02-20T15:24:00.000-08:00

thanks so much to OUT magazine for including me in their march 2009 issue in a story about young new yorkers making an artistic difference in new york city. pick up a copy of the magazine, on newsstands now.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Review

2009-02-17T20:12:00.001-08:00

thanks, again, to PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for a lovely advance review of BLUE BOY!

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6637217.html

(fourth review down)

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Spring Debut Novels Feature

2009-01-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

thanks so much to PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for including BLUE BOY in its feature of ten debut novels arriving this spring!

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6631707.html

facebook to the rescue

2009-01-18T21:36:00.000-08:00

there is now a facebook group for BLUE BOY! come find us on that hallowed site of social perspicacity. join away!

the beginning of the blue

2008-12-06T09:00:00.000-08:00

and so it begins. welcome, one and all, to the newly launched website for my debut novel, blue boy. this novel has been a long time in the making, and i am so excited to share it with readers. please check back here for news, updates, event appearances, and various and sundry occurrences. and, of course, when you actually do have a chance to read the book, please drop me a line and let me know what you think of it. and remember: don't be sad; be blue.

and off we go...