Does this mean I can stop making Bible jokes?
Despite my extreme blogging torpor of late, it’s been a busy few months here at Roose HQ. Since graduating from college in December and moving to Brooklyn in January, a lot has happened to me:
- I went back to Liberty U. to watch two of my friends – both from Dorm 22 – get married. (Not to each other, mind you.)
- I continued to speak to colleges, churches, and book groups (still booking dates for 2010!) about my experience at Liberty. Most recently, I visited Bristol, Tennessee, home of King College, where I had a great time doing my spiel as part of the Buechner Institute lecture series.
- I wrote about trashy romance novels and college dating sites.
- I narrated the audio version of The Unlikely Disciple, which will be released along with the paperback version in June of this year (not January 2011, as I’d originally reported). Check back here in a few weeks for details about the paperback launch.
And, with apologies for burying the lede…
- I’M WRITING ANOTHER BOOK! The ink on the deal has barely dried, but I’m really excited about the topic, the chance to work with the wonderful folks at Grand Central again, and the opportunity to dive into one more insular, politically powerful subculture my parents can’t stand.
Anyway, I’ll leave the description to Publishers Lunch:
THE UNLIKELY DISCIPLE author Kevin Roose’s CRASH BABIES, an embedded narrative that will follow several first- and second-year Wall Street financiers, examining their hopes, dreams, and schemes, and sketching a nuanced, human portrait of young Wall Street culture in the post-collapse era, to Ben Greenberg at Grand Central, by Kate Lee at ICM (NA).
If you’re surprised that I’m writing about young financiers, well, that makes two of us. Finance is a relatively recent obsession of mine, but I think (and I hope you’ll agree) that it’s high time for an in-depth exploration of young Wall Street culture in the post-collapse era – when being a twenty-something investment banker isn’t exactly fashionable.
I’ll save the rest of my elevator pitch for a later post, but suffice it to say that I’m really excited to dive into this project.
Happy Easter week, y’all.
Good luck with the new book!
— Lara
March 30, 2010, 12:13 pm
Congrats, Kevin! I can’t wait to read…even if this one doesn’t talk about “hot jets”…killer.
— Blair
March 30, 2010, 2:22 pm
Awesome news. Great topic, too. Just as many weird rituals as those in your first book, and a similar belief in other-worldly forces.
Go get ‘em!
— Scott Yates
March 30, 2010, 3:38 pm
Thanks for keeping me up until 2 am! You singlehandedly busted my Starbucks budget for the week. Great read — and eye-opening.
Double dare you to visit BJU…
— Hannah
March 30, 2010, 3:54 pm
The Unlikely Disciple is an excellent book — I could not put it down.
The manner in which you capture the heart of the faithful, along with their shortcomings is brilliant.
Simply put, I love the book.
— Ben Starling
May 5, 2010, 8:51 am
Im completely sucked in to your book and am sad to almost be finished.
Please to get to writing more.
pronto.
thanksomuch,
Carla
— MizFit
May 27, 2010, 5:31 am
I just finished reading your first book and greatly enjoyed it (one small comment — I wish there had been a Kindle version), so I look forward to this new one and will definitely pick it up.
— Shannon Larratt
June 1, 2010, 7:22 pm
Kevin,
Read The Big Short by Michael Lewis before you start your research into young financiers.
Burt
— Dr. Burt
June 3, 2010, 10:59 am
I just finished reading your first book and was very happy to see that you will be writing a second book. I have just discovered both AJ Jacobs and yourself and now I am hooked. Please keep challenging how people think and writing about real experiences not all of us are able to have. Thanks again for writing such a wonderful book that challenges both the believer and the non-believer.
— Christina
August 5, 2010, 8:28 pm